132 words come out when you unscramble CHARACTS, starting with CHARACTS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. SCRATCH and CHARACT are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
C34H43A1R1A1C34T1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CHARACTS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 13 with 6, 34 with 5, 44 with 4, 26 with 3 and 10 with 2.
CATCH tops the 5-letter words from CHARACTS at 12 points; next come ACHAR and CATHS on 10. CHART, CRASH and TRASH will look familiar.
44 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CHARACTS; 8 of them share the top score of 9. CART, STAR and CARS are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of CHARACTS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with CH · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 6 highest-scoring answers, starting with SCRATCH (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts CHARACTS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARACTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 132) | 87 | 132 | 82 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 45 of them: CHARACTS, CHARACT, SCATCH, CHARTAS, ACHARS, CARACTS, CHARTA, SCARTH, ACHAR, CARACT, CHARA, SCATH and 33 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: CATHS, CATH, SHART, AHS and ATS.