Unscramble CRACKETS and you have 219 words, CRACKETS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from CRACKETS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 30 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 13 with 2.
CRACKS tops the 6-letter words in CRACKETS at 14 points; next come ACKERS and CASKET on 12. TRACKS, TRACES and STREAK will look familiar.
CACKS and CRACK share the top score of 13 among the 5-letter words from CRACKETS. TRACK, TAKES and ACRES are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CRACKETS, CACK leads with 12 points, then CAKE and CARK on 10. TAKE, CASE and CARE are the familiar ones.
ACK tops the 3-letter words in CRACKETS at 9 points; next come AKE and ARK on 7. ARE, SET and CAR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CRACKETS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CR · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CRACKS (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CRACKETS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRACKETS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 219) | 174 | 219 | 162 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CRACKETS, CRACKET, CACKS, ACKERS, CACK, STRACK, TRECKS, ACKER, TRECK, ARCSEC, TASKER, KESAR and 33 more, 45 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: STAKER, ACK, KETAS, KETA, CERTS, CERT, TECS, TEC, ATS, EST, TES and TE, 12 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of CRACKETS and one more.