Unscramble CANDIDATURES to get 449 words. CANDIDATURES itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is CANDIDATURE, 15 points. 12 letters: 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CANDIDATURES split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 7 with 10, 46 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2.
CANDIDATURE is the only one of the 11-letter words made with CANDIDATURES letters; it scores 15 points.
The 10-letter words in CANDIDATURES are led by CANDIDATES and TRANSDUCED, 14 points each.
46 9-letter words from CANDIDATURES; 11 of them share the top score of 13. CANDIDATE, ASCERTAIN and SECTARIAN are everyday picks.
15 of 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble CANDIDATURES tie at 12 points; none scores more. DISTANCE, RADIANCE and CANISTER will look familiar.
60 7-letter words in CANDIDATURES; 19 of them share the top score of 11. CREDITS, INDUCED and DANCERS are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words made with CANDIDATURES letters, the top score is 10, reached by 19. CREDIT, CAUSED and ARCADE are the familiar ones.
CIDED, DECAD and DICED share the top score of 9 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CANDIDATURES. CARDS, DANCE and CITED are the ones most people know.
27 of 60 4-letter words from CANDIDATURES tie at 7 points; none scores more. CASE, CARE and CARD will look familiar.
CAD, CID and CUD share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words in CANDIDATURES. CAN, ADD and DID are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CANDIDATURES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with CA · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
What CANDIDATURES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CANDIDATURES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANDIDATURES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 449) | 345 | 449 | 316 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ADUNCATED, DEDICANTS, TRADUCIANS, DEDICANT, DISCANTER, DISCURED, DISNATURED, TRADUCIAN, TRIDACNAS, UNDERCAST, AIDANCES, CANARIED and 92 more, 104 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ERADICANTS, ERADICANT, RANCIDEST, UNCARDED, DANCIEST, DRACENAS, UNCARTED, ASCARED, CARNITAS, DACITES, DANCIER, STERADIAN and 17 more, 29 in all.