Unscramble CAVALCADES and you have 194 words, CAVALCADES itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CAVALCADE leads with 17 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CAVALCADES split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 5 with 7, 22 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in CAVALCADES: CAVALCADE, for 17 points.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CAVALCADES, CALVED leads with 12 points, then CALCED and CALVES on 11. DECALS and SCALED are the familiar ones.
CAVED tops the 5-letter words from CAVALCADES at 11 points; next come CALVE and CAVAS on 10. DEALS, SCALE and LEADS will look familiar.
The 4-letter words from CAVALCADES are led by CAVA, CAVE and VACS, 9 points each. CASE, SAVE and LEAD are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of CAVALCADES for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with CA · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
CAVALCADES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CAVALCADES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAVALCADES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 194) | 152 | 194 | 142 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
42 of the 194 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CASEVAC, CALCED, CAVELS, SCLAVE, AVALED, CAVEL, VALSED, ACCAS, AVALES, VADES, ACCA, AVALE and 30 more. 10 of the 194 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CAVAS, CAVA, LEVAS, LEVS, CALS, SEV, CAL, DAS, EDS and DA.