Unscramble CAPRATES and you have 252 words, CAPRATES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 5 shorter words score 11, among them SPECTRA, CARPETS and PRECAST. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CAPRATES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 8 with 7, 49 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 15 with 2.
15 of 49 6-letter words in CAPRATES tie at 10 points; none scores more. ASPECT, CARPET and TRACES will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CAPRATES, the top score is 9, reached by 24. SPACE, PARTS and APART are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words from CAPRATES, 13 score 8 points, the group's best. PART, CASE and CARE are the ones most people know.
4 of 59 3-letter words from CAPRATES tie at 7 points; none scores more. ARE, SET and CAR will look familiar.
Trade one tile of CAPRATES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with CA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CARPETS, PREACTS, PRECAST and SPECTRA (11 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts CAPRATES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPRATES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 252) | 211 | 252 | 197 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 41 of them: CAPRATES, CAPRATE, CARAPS, SCARPA, ACATERS, CAPAS, CARAP, CREPS, PACTA, PETARAS, SCAPA, ACATER and 29 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: PERCS, SPECT, AREPAS, PERC, AREPA, CERTS, PARAE, CERT, PST, TEC, ATS, EST and 2 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of CAPRATES and one more.