Unscramble CARRIONS and you have 199 words, CARRIONS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 9: 6 of them, CORSAIR, CARRION and AIRCONS included. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CARRIONS split into 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 16 with 6, 56 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Of the 56 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CARRIONS, 35 score 7 points, the group's best. COINS, ICONS and SONIC are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from CARRIONS; 31 of them share the top score of 6. CARS, ICON and IRON are everyday picks.
Among 45 3-letter words made with CARRIONS letters, the top score is 5, reached by 13. CAN, CAR and AIR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CARRIONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CA · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
CARRIONS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CARRIONS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARRIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 199) | 164 | 198 | 145 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 35 of them: AIRCONS, SARONIC, AIRCON, CARONS, CARRON, CONIAS, SIRCAR, ARCOS, CARON, CONIA, CORNI, CRANS and 23 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: RACINOS, RACINO, ACROS, ASCON, CRIAS, OSCAR, SCRAN, ACRO, CORS, CRIA, SOCA, SOC and 6 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: INROS.
With one more tile, the letters of CARRIONS spell the words below.