Unscramble CLEARANCE and you have 162 words, CLEARANCE itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are CLARENCE and CANCELER, 12 points each. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CLEARANCE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 5 with 7, 21 with 6, 34 with 5, 53 with 4, 32 with 3 and 14 with 2.
6 of 21 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CLEARANCE tie at 10 points; none scores more. CANCER, CANCEL and CEREAL will look familiar.
CAECA, CECAL and RECCE share the top score of 9 among the 5-letter words from CLEARANCE. LEARN, CLEAR and CLEAN are the ones most people know.
4 of 53 4-letter words from CLEARANCE tie at 8 points; none scores more. REAL, AREA and CARE will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of CLEARANCE, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with CL · ending in CE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CANCELER and CLARENCE (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CLEARANCE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLEARANCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 162) | 124 | 162 | 118 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
38 of the 162 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CREANCE, ANELACE, ACCA, ALERCE, ECCE, ELANCE, ENRACE, RANCEL, ANCLE, CERNE, CRENA, RECAL and 26 more. 6 of the 162 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CERCAL, ARENE, CAL, LARN, NALA and NARE.
These 2 words take every letter of CLEARANCE plus a single extra one.