Unscramble CATHARSES and you have 288 words, CATHARSES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, STARCHES, CHARASES and TRACHEAS lead with 13 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CATHARSES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 25 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Of the 25 7-letter words made with CATHARSES letters, 14 score 12 points, the group's best. CRASHES and CASTERS are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CATHARSES; 27 of them share the top score of 11. SEARCH, SHARES and CHARTS are everyday picks.
25 of 60 5-letter words from CATHARSES tie at 10 points; none scores more. SHARE, HEART and EARTH will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with CATHARSES letters, 15 score 9 points, the group's best. EACH, CARE and CARS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CATHARSES, the top score is 8, reached by 4. ARE, HAS and SET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CATHARSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What CATHARSES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. CATHARSES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATHARSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 288) | 221 | 288 | 206 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
67 of the 288 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACHATES, ARCHEST, CHARETS, CHARTAS, SCARTHS, ACHARS, AREACH, CHARET, CHARTA, RACHES, SCARTH, SCATHS and 55 more. 15 of the 288 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CATHS, TECHS, ASSHAT, CATH, ECHT, SHARTS, SHASTA, TECH, SHART, SESH, AHS, TEC and 3 more.
With one more tile, the letters of CATHARSES spell the words below.