108 words come out when you unscramble CATAPANS, starting with CATAPANS itself: 12 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 11: 5 of them, CAPSTAN, CAPTANS and CATAPAN included. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CATAPANS split into 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 6 with 6, 20 with 5, 39 with 4, 28 with 3 and 8 with 2.
39 4-letter words from CATAPANS; 5 of them share the top score of 8. PAST, CAST and ACTS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CATAPANS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CA · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CAPSTAN, CAPTANS, CATNAPS and PATACAS (11 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: CATAPANS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATAPANS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 108) | 87 | 108 | 77 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 21 of them: CATAPANS, CATAPAN, CAPAS, PACTA, SCAPA, CAPA, SAPAN, ANATAS, APTS, CAAS, STAP, ANATA and 9 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: TACANS, NAPAS, PAANS, TACAN, NAPA, PAAN, PST, STAN, ATS and SAN.
This word takes every letter of CATAPANS plus a single extra one.