Unscramble CATHOLICS to get 271 words. CATHOLICS itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. CATHOLIC is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from CATHOLICS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 13 with 7, 51 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with CATHOLICS letters: CATHOLIC, 15 points.
9 of 51 6-letter words from CATHOLICS tie at 13 points; none scores more. SOCIAL, CLOTHS and CALICO will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CATHOLICS, 8 score 12 points, the group's best. CISCO, COACH and CATCH are the ones most people know.
CHIC, CHOC and COCH are the top 4-letter words in CATHOLICS, 11 points each. CHAT, CASH and HOST will look familiar.
60 3-letter words made with CATHOLICS letters; 7 of them share the top score of 8. HAS, ITS and HOT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CATHOLICS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CA · ending in CS · all 9-letter words
What CATHOLICS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CATHOLICS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATHOLICS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 271) | 216 | 271 | 179 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 55 of them: CHACOS, CHOLIC, CLATCH, SCATCH, CHACO, ACCOILS, CHIAOS, COCH, SCAITH, TACHOS, TAISCH, ACCOIL and 43 more. Words With Friends* skips 37 of them: CHICOTS, CHICAS, CHICOT, CHICA, CHITALS, CHOCS, LOCHIAS, CHOC, CHOILS, CHOLAS, CHOLIS, OCICATS and 25 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of CATHOLICS and one more.