Unscramble CARIES and you have 111 words, CARIES itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of CARIES are on the page: CERIAS and ERICAS, each 8 points. 21 shorter words score 7, among them ACRES, RACES and CARES. 6 letters: 3 vowels and 3 consonants.
Looking for iecras, scarei, criase, sceria, secria, cirsea, icares, sarice, arcise or seacri? They use the same letters as CARIES, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from CARIES by length: 3 with 6 letters, 26 with 5, 41 with 4, 31 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Of the 26 5-letter words made with CARIES letters, 21 score 7 points, the group's best. RAISE, ACRES and RACES are the ones most people know.
22 of 41 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CARIES tie at 6 points; none scores more. CASE, CARE and CARS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CARIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with CA · ending in ES · all 6-letter words
What CARIES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CARIES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 111) | 91 | 111 | 85 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 20 of them: ACERS, CRISE, ERICS, ICERS, SCRAE, SERIC, ACER, AESC, CEAS, ERIC, ICER, SAIC and 8 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: CRIAS, CRIA, REAIS, ARIE, RAIS and RAI.
Each word below uses all the letters of CARIES and one more.