Unscramble CATHARTICAL and you have 228 words, CATHARTICAL itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are CATHARTIC and ARCHAICAL, 16 points each. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from CATHARTICAL by length: 1 with 11 letters, 4 with 9, 3 with 8, 12 with 7, 31 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 43 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 10 letters.
The 6-letter words from CATHARTICAL are led by CATCHT, CLATCH and CRATCH, 13 points each. ATTACH, RACIAL and TACTIC are the familiar ones.
CATCH, CHICA and CLACH share the top score of 12 among the 5-letter words in CATHARTICAL. CHAIR, CHART and TRACT are the ones most people know.
CHIC tops the 4-letter words made with CATHARTICAL letters at 11 points; next come ARCH and CATH on 9. CART, CHAT and HAIR will look familiar.
43 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CATHARTICAL; 5 of them share the top score of 8. CAR, ART and AIR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CATHARTICAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CA · ending in AL · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ARCHAICAL and CATHARTIC (16 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: CATHARTICAL 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATHARTICAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 228) | 176 | 228 | 158 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 52 of them: CATHARTICAL, CHARACT, CATCHT, CLATCH, CALTHA, CHARTA, CHATTA, CHATTI, ACHAR, CARACT, CHARA, CHIRL and 40 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: ARCHAICAL, ACHIRAL, CHICA, ACRATIC, ARCHI, TITCH, CATH, CHAI, THALI, ACAI, AHI, CLIT and 6 more.