Unscramble CANDLENUT and you have 248 words, CANDLENUT itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 7 shorter words score 10, among them CANDENT, CANTLED and CLAUTED. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CANDLENUT split into 1 with 9 letters, 12 with 7, 37 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 8 letters.
37 6-letter words in CANDLENUT; 13 of them share the top score of 9. DENTAL, CANDLE and TUNNEL are everyday picks.
Among 58 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CANDLENUT, the top score is 8, reached by 17. ADULT, DANCE and CLEAN are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words from CANDLENUT, 8 score 7 points, the group's best. DATE, LAND and LEAD are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words from CANDLENUT, CAD and CUD tie for first at 6 points. CAN, END and LET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CANDLENUT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CA · ending in UT · all 9-letter words
CANDLENUT 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 CANDLENUT, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANDLENUT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 248) | 206 | 247 | 196 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CANTLED, CLAUTED, LAUNCED, UNCLED, CAUTEL, UNCATE, UNDEALT, ANCLE, CLAUT, ECAD, LACET, UNDATE and 28 more, 40 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DECAN, DULCE, CENTU, TENDU, CAL, DELT, TEC, DAN, LUD, DA, LUN and TE, 12 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NANCE. Not in Scrabble US: CUNT.
With one more tile, the letters of CANDLENUT spell the words below.