230 words come out when you unscramble CARNELIAN, starting with CARNELIAN itself: 11 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CARNELIAN by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 10 with 7, 40 with 6, 59 with 5, 60 with 4, 43 with 3 and 16 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in CARNELIAN: ENCRINAL, 10 points.
Among 40 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CARNELIAN, the top score is 8, reached by 26. LINEAR, RACIAL and AERIAL are the familiar ones.
33 of 59 5-letter words from CARNELIAN tie at 7 points; none scores more. LEARN, CLEAR and CLEAN will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from CARNELIAN, the top score is 6, reached by 30. AREA, CARE and NICE are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of CARNELIAN, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with CA · ending in AN · all 9-letter words
What CARNELIAN means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. CARNELIAN is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARNELIAN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 230) | 187 | 229 | 180 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENCRINAL, CLARAIN, ANCILE, CANIER, CANNAE, CRINAL, NEANIC, RANCEL, ANCLE, CRENA, CRINE, ENIAC and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INCEL, ACAI, CRIA, CAL, NINER, ARIE, LARN and RAI, 8 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NANCE.
With one more tile, the letters of CARNELIAN spell the words below.