Unscramble CALCANEUS to get 214 words. CALCANEUS itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are CANCELS, ACCUSAL and SACCULE, 11 points each. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CALCANEUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 14 with 7, 30 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 30 6-letter words made with CALCANEUS letters, the top score is 10, reached by 4. CANCEL, CASUAL and CLAUSE are the familiar ones.
5 of 49 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CALCANEUS tie at 9 points; none scores more. CAUSE, SCALE and CLEAN will look familiar.
ACCA, CACA and CECA share the top score of 8 among the 4-letter words from CALCANEUS. CASE, SALE and LANE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CALCANEUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CA · ending in US · all 9-letter words
The meaning of CALCANEUS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CALCANEUS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALCANEUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 214) | 169 | 214 | 161 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
45 of the 214 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACCAS, SAECULA, UNSCALE, ACCA, ANCLES, CAUSAE, CAUSEN, SCALAE, SECULA, ANCLE, CAUSA, CLAES and 33 more. 8 of the 214 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CALS, CAL, NALAS, LUNS, NAES, NALA, LUN and SAN.