Unscramble CANTATES and you have 172 words, CANTATES itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. CANTATES has 1 anagram here, CASTANET, scoring 10 like CANTATES itself. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CANTATES by length: 2 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 13 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Of the 39 5-letter words from CANTATES, 20 score 7 points, the group's best. STATE, TASTE and CENTS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in CANTATES; 24 of them share the top score of 6. CASE, EAST and SENT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CANTATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CASTANET (10 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts CANTATES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANTATES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 172) | 138 | 172 | 125 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CANTATES, ACTANTS, CANTATE, CANTEST, ACATES, ACTANT, SCEATT, SCEAT, AESC, ANCE, CAAS, CEAS and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CENTAS, TACANS, TACAN, TECS, STENT, TEC, NAES, STAN, ATS, EST, SAN, TES and 1 more, 13 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of CANTATES and one more.