Unscramble CANTHARID and you have 240 words, CANTHARID itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ARACHNID and HANDCART lead with 14 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from CANTHARID by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 8 with 7, 28 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Of the 28 6-letter words from CANTHARID, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. RANCID is the one most people know.
4 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CANTHARID tie at 11 points; none scores more. CHINA, THIRD and CHAIR will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words in CANTHARID, CHAD, CHID and DICH tie for first at 10 points. CARD, CART and HARD are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words made with CANTHARID letters, the top score is 8, reached by 5. CAN, HAD and CAR are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of CANTHARID for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with CA · ending in ID · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ARACHNID and HANDCART (14 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts CANTHARID, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANTHARID itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 240) | 172 | 240 | 156 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
68 of the 240 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CANTHARID, DIARCH, TACHINA, ACANTH, CHARTA, CHINAR, DICHT, RADICANT, TRIDACNA, ACHAR, CHARA, CHIRT and 56 more. 16 of the 240 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CANTHARI, ARCHI, CHANA, CATH, CHAI, TAHINA, CNIDA, HAINT, TACAN, ACAI, AHI, CRIA and 4 more.
These 3 words take every letter of CANTHARID plus a single extra one.