Unscramble CANTHARIDES and you have 442 words, CANTHARIDES itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. ANARCHISED, CANTHARIDS and CATHARISED are the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from CANTHARIDES split into 1 with 11 letters, 6 with 10, 39 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 36 with 2.
The 10-letter words made with CANTHARIDES letters are led by ANARCHISED, CANTHARIDS and CATHARISED, 16 points each.
9 of 39 9-letter words in CANTHARIDES tie at 15 points; none scores more. ASCERTAIN, ANARCHIST and SECTARIAN will look familiar.
Of the 60 8-letter words from CANTHARIDES, 21 score 14 points, the group's best. HACIENDA and SNATCHED are the ones most people know.
60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CANTHARIDES; 25 of them share the top score of 13. CASHIER, CRASHED and CHAIRED are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CANTHARIDES, the top score is 12, reached by 24. CHARTS, CHEATS and CHAIRS are the familiar ones.
9 of 60 5-letter words from CANTHARIDES tie at 11 points; none scores more. CHINA, CHAIR and CHAIN will look familiar.
CHAD, CHID and DICH share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words in CANTHARIDES. EACH, CARD and HARD are the ones most people know.
7 of 60 3-letter words made with CANTHARIDES letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. CAN, HAS and HAD will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CANTHARIDES but one, change that one, and you get:
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What CANTHARIDES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CANTHARIDES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANTHARIDES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 442) | 340 | 442 | 304 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ANARCHISED, CANTHARIDS, CATHARISED, CANTHARID, CATARHINES, THEANDRIC, THRIDACES, ANARCHISE, CATARHINE, CATHARISE, HINDCAST, INCHASED and 90 more, 102 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HANSEATIC, CANTHARI, CHAINERS, CHINSED, ERADICANTS, SCHNEID, STAIRHEAD, ARCHEAN, CATHED, CHAINER, ERADICANT, HANDSIER and 24 more, 36 in all.
This word takes every letter of CANTHARIDES plus a single extra one.