Unscramble CARTELS and you have 229 words, CARTELS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. It has 4 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: CLARETS, CRESTAL, SCARLET and TARCELS. 25 shorter words score 8, among them CASTLE, TRACES and CLEARS. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. CARTELS as a single 7-tile play makes 59 in Scrabble, 9 plus the 50 bonus, and 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CARTELS by length: 5 with 7 letters, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Of the 37 6-letter words made with CARTELS letters, 25 score 8 points, the group's best. ALERTS, CASTLE and TRACES are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words from CARTELS, the top score is 7, reached by 43. LEAST, CLEAR and LATER are the familiar ones.
31 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CARTELS tie at 6 points; none scores more. LAST, CASE and CARE will look familiar.
Among 52 3-letter words in CARTELS, the top score is 5, reached by 12. ARE, SET and CAR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CARTELS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with CA · ending in LS · all 7-letter words
CARTELS 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 CARTELS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARTELS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 229) | 193 | 229 | 183 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
36 of the 229 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TARCELS, CLARTS, CRESTA, LACETS, RECALS, SCLATE, TARCEL, ACERS, CLAES, CLART, CLATS, LACET and 24 more. 10 of the 229 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CERTS, CALS, CERT, TECS, CAL, TEC, ATS, EST, TES and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of CARTELS and one more.