Unscramble CRESTALS and you have 270 words, CRESTALS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 10 points: SCARLETS. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
C34R1E1S1T1A1L12S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CRESTALS by length: 2 with 8 letters, 19 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 15 with 2.
14 of 19 7-letter words made with CRESTALS letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. SCARLET, CASTLES and CASTERS will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from CRESTALS, 40 score 8 points, the group's best. ALERTS, CASTLE and SCALES are the ones most people know.
51 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CRESTALS tie at 7 points; none scores more. CLASS, CLEAR and CASES will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words in CRESTALS, the top score is 6, reached by 34. LAST, CASE and CARE are the familiar ones.
12 of 54 3-letter words made with CRESTALS letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, SET and CAR will look familiar.
Trade one tile of CRESTALS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with CR · ending in LS · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SCARLETS (10 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: CRESTALS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRESTALS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 270) | 230 | 270 | 219 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
40 of the 270 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CRESTALS, SCLATES, TARCELS, CLARTS, CRESTA, LACETS, RECALS, SCEATS, SCLATE, SCRAES, SCRATS, TARCEL and 28 more. 11 of the 270 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CERTS, CALS, CERT, TECS, CAL, TEC, ESTS, ATS, EST, TES and TE.
These 8 words take every letter of CRESTALS plus a single extra one.