Unscramble CANTRAPS to get 194 words. CANTRAPS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 11 points, CAPSTAN, CANTRAP and CAPTANS among them. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CANTRAPS split into 1 with 8 letters, 9 with 7, 17 with 6, 59 with 5, 60 with 4, 39 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Among 59 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CANTRAPS, the top score is 9, reached by 10. PARTS, PANTS and APART are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 4-letter words from CANTRAPS tie at 8 points; none scores more. PART, CART and CARS will look familiar.
Trade one tile of CANTRAPS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with CA · ending in PS · all 8-letter words
CANTRAPS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CANTRAPS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANTRAPS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 194) | 150 | 194 | 138 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
44 of the 194 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CARAPS, SCARPA, CANTARS, CAPAS, CARAP, PACTA, SCAPA, CANTAR, CAPA, CARTAS, CRANTS, ARPAS and 32 more. 12 of the 194 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PRANAS, TACANS, NAPAS, PAANS, PRANA, SCRAN, TACAN, NAPA, PAAN, PST, ATS and SAN.
These 2 words take every letter of CANTRAPS plus a single extra one.