Unscramble CABRE and you have 36 words, CABRE itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. 3 anagrams of CABRE are on the page: ACERB, BRACE and CABER, each 9 points. CRAB and CARB are the best of the shorter words, at 8 points. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CABRE split into 4 with 5 letters, 10 with 4, 14 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Keep every letter of CABRE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with CA · ending in RE · all 5-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ACERB, BRACE and CABER (9 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts CABRE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CABRE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 36) | 31 | 36 | 30 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 5 of them: CABRE, BAC, ABER, ACER and EA. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: BAE.
Each word below uses all the letters of CABRE and one more.