Unscramble CATACAUSTIC and you have 130 words, CATACAUSTIC itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, STACCATI leads with 12 points. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CATACAUSTIC by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 8, 9 with 7, 11 with 6, 23 with 5, 40 with 4, 33 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 10 or 9 letters.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in CATACAUSTIC: STACCATI, 12 points.
ACCA and CACA are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CATACAUSTIC, 8 points each. CAST, ACTS and SUIT will look familiar.
Trade one tile of CATACAUSTIC for another and you can spell this word:
More 11-letter words: starting with CA · ending in IC · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with STACCATI (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts CATACAUSTIC, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATACAUSTIC itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 130) | 89 | 130 | 84 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 41 of them: CATACAUSTIC, CICUTAS, CICUTA, ACCAS, CATASTA, SUCCI, TICCA, ACCA, CAUSA, CUITS, CAAS, CITS and 29 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: CATSUIT, ACAIS, ACAI, AUTIST and ATS.
This word takes every letter of CATACAUSTIC plus a single extra one.