Unscramble CAPTCHAS to get 110 words. CAPTCHAS itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
C34A1P34T1C34H43A1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CAPTCHAS split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 2 with 6, 25 with 5, 41 with 4, 30 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in CAPTCHAS: CAPTCHA, for 16 points.
Of the 25 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CAPTCHAS, 6 score 12 points, the group's best. PATCH, CATCH and PATHS are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from CAPTCHAS, CAPH and CHAP tie for first at 11 points. PAST, CHAT and CASH are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of CAPTCHAS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with CA · ending in AS · all 8-letter words
What CAPTCHAS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: CAPTCHAS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPTCHAS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 110) | 88 | 110 | 81 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 22 of them: SCATCH, SCATH, ACCAS, CAPAS, CHAS, PACTA, PAHS, SCAPA, ACCA, ACH, CAPA, CHA and 10 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: CAPTCHAS, CAPTCHA, CATHS, CATH, AHS, PST and ATS.