Unscramble CARNIVORAN and you have 167 words, CARNIVORAN itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from CARNIVORAN by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 1 with 8, 8 with 7, 14 with 6, 32 with 5, 60 with 4, 39 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in CARNIVORAN: CARNIVORA, for 14 points.
NARICORN is the only one of the 8-letter words made with CARNIVORAN letters; it scores 10 points.
Of the 32 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CARNIVORAN, 4 score 10 points, the group's best. CANON, AVIAN and ACORN are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from CARNIVORAN, CAVA leads with 9 points, then ARVO and NOVA on 7. ICON, IRON and RAIN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CARNIVORAN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CA · ending in AN · all 10-letter words
What CARNIVORAN means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US accepts CARNIVORAN, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARNIVORAN itself | Yes | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 167) | 131 | 165 | 114 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 35 of them: INCAVO, NARICORN, VRAIC, CONARIA, AIRCON, ANCORA, CARRON, VARAN, CARON, CONIA, CORNI, ORARIAN and 23 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: AIRVAC, NAVARIN, CAVA, VARROA, RACINO, ACAI, ACRO, CRIA, NAV, VIN, RONIN, NANO and 4 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: CARNIVORAN. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: VON.
This word takes every letter of CARNIVORAN plus a single extra one.