Unscramble CASTRATOR and you have 205 words, CASTRATOR itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. TRACTORS, CASTRATO and CROSTATA are the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CASTRATOR by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 8 with 7, 28 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 37 with 3 and 10 with 2.
13 of 28 6-letter words from CASTRATOR tie at 8 points; none scores more. ACTORS, CARROT and STRATA will look familiar.
Of the 58 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CASTRATOR, 27 score 7 points, the group's best. START, COAST and COSTA are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from CASTRATOR, the top score is 6, reached by 32. COST, CART and STAR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CASTRATOR but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CA · ending in OR · all 9-letter words
The meaning of CASTRATOR, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CASTRATOR, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASTRATOR itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 205) | 163 | 205 | 148 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 42 of them: CARRATS, CARRAT, CARTAS, ARCOS, ATOCS, CARTA, COTTS, CROST, OCTAS, SCRAT, TOTARAS, ASTART and 30 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: CROSTATA, ACROS, OSCAR, ACRO, CORS, SOCA, TORTAS, SOC, SORTA, TORRS, TORTA, AROS and 3 more.
These 8 words take every letter of CASTRATOR plus a single extra one.