Unscramble CARUCAGE to get 82 words. CARUCAGE itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CARUCAGE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 6, 8 with 5, 31 with 4, 31 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Just 1 of the 6-letter words made with CARUCAGE letters: ACCRUE, for 10 points.
ACCA, CACA and CECA share the top score of 8 among the 4-letter words from CARUCAGE. AREA, CARE and RACE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CARUCAGE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CA · ending in GE · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ACCRUE (10 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts CARUCAGE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARUCAGE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 82) | 61 | 82 | 58 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CARUCAGE, ACCA, ACER, CAG, CRUE, RACA, CAA, GARE, RAGU, RUC, GAU, GER and 9 more, 21 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GUAC, AREG and CRU, 3 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of CARUCAGE plus a single extra one.