Unscramble CARPALES to get 246 words. CARPALES itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. 10 shorter words score 11, among them PARCELS, PALACES and SCALPER. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CARPALES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 12 with 7, 46 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 13 with 2.
21 of 46 6-letter words made with CARPALES letters tie at 10 points; none scores more. PLACES, PALACE and PARCEL will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from CARPALES, 26 score 9 points, the group's best. PLACE, SPACE and CLEAR are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CARPALES, the top score is 8, reached by 14. CASE, CARE and CARS are the familiar ones.
4 of 54 3-letter words in CARPALES tie at 7 points; none scores more. ARE, CAR and SEA will look familiar.
Trade one tile of CARPALES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with CA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CARPALE, CARPALS, CARPELS, CLASPER, PALACES, PARCELS, PLACERS and RECLASP (11 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts CARPALES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARPALES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 246) | 198 | 244 | 188 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CARPALES, CRAPLES, CALPAS, CAPLES, CARAPS, CRAPLE, SCARPA, CALPA, CALPS, CAPAS, CAPLE, CARAP and 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PERCS, AREPAS, PERC, AREPA, PALSA, PARAE, CALS and CAL, 8 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARPS and LARP, 2 in all.
These 5 words take every letter of CARPALES plus a single extra one.