Unscramble CALCAREOUS and you have 318 words, CALCAREOUS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CARACOLES leads with 13 points. It has 10 letters, 5 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 CALCAREOUS split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 15 with 8, 42 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in CALCAREOUS: CARACOLES, for 13 points.
Among 42 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CALCAREOUS, the top score is 11, reached by 17. CLOSURE, SECULAR and ACCRUAL are the familiar ones.
22 of 60 6-letter words from CALCAREOUS tie at 10 points; none scores more. COURSE, SOCCER and OCCURS will look familiar.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CALCAREOUS; 14 of them share the top score of 9. CLOSE, CLEAR and CAUSE are everyday picks.
6 of 60 4-letter words from CALCAREOUS tie at 8 points; none scores more. CASE, CARE and CARS will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in CALCAREOUS, 24 score 5 points, the group's best. ARE, CAR and SEC are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CALCAREOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CA · ending in US · all 10-letter words
CALCAREOUS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CALCAREOUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALCAREOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 318) | 264 | 318 | 246 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACCURSE, COUCALS, ARCSEC, CEROCS, COUCAL, ESCROC, RECCOS, ACCAS, CASCO, CEROC, CESURAL, RECCO and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CERCAL, ROSACEA, RUCOLAS, OCREAS, ACROS, CALOS, ACRO, CALS, CORS, ECOS, LOCS, CAL and 6 more, 18 in all.