Unscramble CALANDRIA and you have 169 words, CALANDRIA itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 11: 4 of them, CARDINAL, ARCADIAN and ACARIDAN included. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CALANDRIA split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 8 with 7, 20 with 6, 30 with 5, 59 with 4, 34 with 3 and 13 with 2.
30 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CALANDRIA; 9 of them share the top score of 8. CANAL, DRAIN and DINAR are everyday picks.
Among 59 4-letter words in CALANDRIA, the top score is 7, reached by 6. CARD, LAND and ACID are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CALANDRIA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CA · ending in IA · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ACARIDAN, ARCADIAN, CALDARIA and CARDINAL (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: CALANDRIA is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALANDRIA itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 169) | 140 | 169 | 131 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CALANDRIA, ACARIAN, CANADA, CARDAN, CLARAIN, CALID, CARDI, CRINAL, DRAC, ARALIA, CID, CIRL and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CNIDA, ACAI, CRIA, CAL, DAN, LARN, NALA, DA and RAI, 9 in all.
This word takes every letter of CALANDRIA plus a single extra one.