Unscramble CHARACTER and you have 176 words, CHARACTER itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CATCHER, CHARACT and RECATCH lead with 14 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.
By length, the words from CHARACTER split into 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 7, 19 with 6, 46 with 5, 51 with 4, 35 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
The 6-letter words made with CHARACTER letters are led by CACHET, CRATCH and CREACH, 13 points each. RATHER, ARCHER and CRATER are the familiar ones.
CACHE, CATCH and CHACE are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CHARACTER, 12 points each. HEART, EARTH and REACH will look familiar.
Among 51 4-letter words from CHARACTER, the top score is 9, reached by 12. EACH, AREA and CARE are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of CHARACTER for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with CH · ending in ER · all 9-letter words
CHARACTER 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 CHARACTER, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARACTER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 176) | 133 | 176 | 127 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
43 of the 176 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHARACT, RECATCH, CREACH, CHACE, AREACH, CARRACT, CARRECT, CHARET, CHARTA, ACHAR, CARACT, CHARA and 31 more. 6 of the 176 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CATH, ECHT, TECH, CERT, TEC and TE.
These 2 words take every letter of CHARACTER plus a single extra one.