270 words come out when you unscramble CAPABLEST, starting with CAPABLEST itself: 15 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SPACELAB leads with 14 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CAPABLEST by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 14 with 7, 54 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
The best of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CAPABLEST is BECAPS, 12 points; ASPECT and BEPATS on 10 follow. PLACES, TABLES and CABLES are everyday picks.
BECAP scores highest among the 5-letter words from CAPABLEST at 11 points, ahead of ABACS and APACE on 9. PLACE, SPACE and CABLE are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from CAPABLEST; 20 of them share the top score of 8. BEST, ABLE and BASE are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words in CAPABLEST, the top score is 7, reached by 7. ACT, CAT and PET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CAPABLEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CA · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SPACELAB (14 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CAPABLEST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPABLEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 270) | 215 | 270 | 202 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PACABLE, BEPATS, BESPAT, CALPAS, CAPLES, ABACS, ASTABLE, BEPAT, CABAS, CALPA, CALPS, CAPAS and 43 more, 55 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SPACELAB, SPECT, BEALS, BAES, BEAL, CALS, BAE, BES, CAL, PST, TEC, ATS and 1 more, 13 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of CAPABLEST plus a single extra one.