Unscramble CARINAL and you have 87 words, CARINAL itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of CARINAL are on the page: CLARAIN and CRANIAL, each 9 points. 8 shorter words score 8, among them RACIAL, CARNAL and CARINA. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of CARINAL at once for 59 in Scrabble (9 + 50) or 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from CARINAL by length: 3 with 7 letters, 9 with 6, 10 with 5, 35 with 4, 21 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Of the 35 4-letter words from CARINAL, 11 score 6 points, the group's best. RAIN, RAIL and NAIL are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of CARINAL for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with CA · ending in AL · all 7-letter words
What CARINAL means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CARINAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARINAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 87) | 76 | 87 | 70 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLARAIN, CRINAL, CIRL, CRAN, RACA, CAA, ARNA, LANA, NIRL, RANA and AIA, 11 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ACAI, CRIA, CAL, LARN, NALA and RAI, 6 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of CARINAL and one more.