Unscramble CELIBATARIAN and you have 370 words, CELIBATARIAN itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. ABACTERIAL is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 12 letters: 6 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from CELIBATARIAN by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 10, 12 with 9, 30 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
ABACTERIAL is the only one of the 10-letter words made with CELIBATARIAN letters; it scores 14 points.
Among 30 8-letter words you get when you unscramble CELIBATARIAN, the top score is 12, reached by 11. BACTERIA, CLARINET and INERTIAL are the familiar ones.
17 of 60 7-letter words from CELIBATARIAN tie at 11 points; none scores more. ARTICLE, CENTRAL and CERTAIN will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from CELIBATARIAN, 11 score 10 points, the group's best. CARTEL, BANTER and ARCANE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words in CELIBATARIAN, the top score is 9, reached by 15. CABLE, BRAIN and CABIN are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 4-letter words made with CELIBATARIAN letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. ABLE, BEAR and BETA will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CELIBATARIAN, BAC and CAB tie for first at 7 points. ARE, CAN and CAR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CELIBATARIAN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with CE · ending in AN · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ABACTERIAL (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: CELIBATARIAN is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CELIBATARIAN itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 370) | 290 | 369 | 272 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 80 of them: CELIBATARIAN, ABACTINAL, BACTERIAN, ABIETIC, ANTIBAC, BARACAN, LACTARIAN, ARENITIC, BALTIC, CABRIE, CABRIT, CRIBLE and 68 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: INCITABLE, BRAINIAC, LACERTIAN, NAILBITER, NECTARIAL, ATABRINE, CABLER, BARCA, BANC, CANTAL, BALTI, BINER and 6 more. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: BINT.
With one more tile, the letters of CELIBATARIAN spell the words below.