Unscramble CLERICATES to get 354 words. CLERICATES itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 13: 4 of them, ELECTRICS, CALCRETES and CELERIACS included. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from CLERICATES split into 1 with 10 letters, 6 with 9, 25 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
25 8-letter words made with CLERICATES letters; 7 of them share the top score of 12. ARTICLES, ELECTRIC and EARLIEST are everyday picks.
Among 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CLERICATES, the top score is 11, reached by 17. ARTICLE, CREATES and CIRCLES are the familiar ones.
21 of 60 6-letter words from CLERICATES tie at 10 points; none scores more. CREATE, CIRCLE and CASTLE will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from CLERICATES; 9 of them share the top score of 9. CLEAR, ACRES and ELECT are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words in CLERICATES are led by CECA and ECCE, 8 points each. CASE, CARE and CART are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with CLERICATES letters, 18 score 5 points, the group's best. ARE, ITS and CAR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CLERICATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CL · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CALCRETES, CELERIACS and ELECTRICS (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CLERICATES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLERICATES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 354) | 291 | 354 | 268 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 63 of them: CLERICATES, CLERICATE, ACCITES, CEREALIST, CREATIC, LECCIES, RECCIES, ACCITE, ALTRICES, ARCSEC, CECILS, CRAICS and 51 more. Words With Friends* skips 23 of them: CALCRETES, CALCRETE, CERCAL, ECESIC, ATRESIC, CIRCS, TALCIER, CERTS, CLITS, CRIAS, CRITS, CALS and 11 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of CLERICATES and one more.