Unscramble CARCAJOUS to get 129 words. CARCAJOUS itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 25 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of CARCAJOUS is on the page: CARJACOUS, each 20 points. Of the shorter words, CARCAJOU and CARJACOU lead with 19 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CARCAJOUS by length: 2 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 3 with 7, 8 with 6, 24 with 5, 46 with 4, 31 with 3 and 11 with 2.
JUCO tops the 4-letter words made with CARCAJOUS letters at 13 points; next come AJAR and JARS on 11. CARS, SOUR and AURA will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CARCAJOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CA · ending in US · all 9-letter words
CARCAJOUS 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 CARCAJOUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARCAJOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 129) | 98 | 129 | 85 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
31 of the 129 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CARJACOUS, CARJACOU, JOURS, JORS, JOUR, JOR, ACCAS, CASCO, JA, ACCA, ARCOS, CAUSA and 19 more. 13 of the 129 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: JUCOS, JUCO, SOJU, ACROS, OSCAR, ACRO, CORS, SOCA, ASURA, CRU, SOC, AROS and 1 more.