Unscramble CARTILAGE and you have 263 words, CARTILAGE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, GLACIATE and TRAGICAL lead with 11 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CARTILAGE split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 12 with 7, 48 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
48 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CARTILAGE; 4 of them share the top score of 9. RETAIL, RACIAL and AERIAL are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from CARTILAGE, the top score is 8, reached by 6. CLEAR, GRACE and TRACE are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words in CARTILAGE; 4 of them share the top score of 7. CARE, CART and GIRL are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words made with CARTILAGE letters are led by CAG and CIG, 6 points each. ARE, GET and CAR are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of CARTILAGE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with CA · ending in GE · all 9-letter words
CARTILAGE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CARTILAGE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARTILAGE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 263) | 211 | 263 | 193 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALGETIC, ACATER, CRAIG, GRICE, RAILAGE, TARCEL, AGILER, ALGATE, ARTIC, CARTA, CITAL, CLART and 40 more, 52 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TALCIER, LAIRAGE, RAGTAIL, CLEG, RECIT, ACAI, AGITA, CERT, CIG, CLIT, CRIA, CRIT and 6 more, 18 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of CARTILAGE and one more.