Unscramble CAATINGA to get 82 words. CAATINGA itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
C34A1A1T1I1N12G23A1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from CAATINGA by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 3 with 6, 14 with 5, 22 with 4, 29 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Keep every letter of CAATINGA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CA · ending in GA · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with AGNATIC (10 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CAATINGA is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAATINGA itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 82) | 58 | 82 | 50 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 24 of them: CAATINGA, AGACANT, CAAING, CANG, GITANA, AINGA, CAG, GAITA, NGATI, TANGI, AIGA, ANATA and 12 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: TACAN, ACAI, AGITA, CIG, TANGA, NAGA, TIAN and GI.
These 2 words take every letter of CAATINGA plus a single extra one.