Unscramble CALYPTRA to get 147 words. CALYPTRA itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are CRYPTAL and PLAYACT, 14 points each. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
C34A1L12Y43P34T1R1A1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from CALYPTRA by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 6 with 6, 34 with 5, 52 with 4, 40 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CALYPTRA, CRAPY and CRYPT tie for first at 12 points. PARTY, APART and CARAT are everyday picks.
PACY scores highest among the 4-letter words from CALYPTRA at 11 points, ahead of ACYL and APAY on 9. PART, CART and PLAY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CALYPTRA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CA · ending in RA · all 8-letter words
CALYPTRA first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CALYPTRA, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALYPTRA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 147) | 110 | 146 | 104 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CRAPY, LAPTRAY, CLARTY, PALAY, PARLY, PRATY, PYRAL, YRAPT, APAY, CALPA, CARAP, CRAY and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PACY, LYCRA, TALCY, TAYRA and CAL, 5 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARP.
These 6 words take every letter of CALYPTRA plus a single extra one.