Unscramble MERCAPTAN to get 266 words. MERCAPTAN itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. CRAMPET, PACEMAN and PARACME are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from MERCAPTAN by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 12 with 7, 50 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words from MERCAPTAN, CAMPER and ENCAMP tie for first at 12 points. CAMERA, PARENT and CARPET are everyday picks.
CRAMP tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MERCAPTAN at 11 points; next come APACE and CAMAN on 9. CREAM, MEANT and APART will look familiar.
CAMP scores highest among the 4-letter words made with MERCAPTAN letters at 10 points, ahead of ACME and CAMA on 8. NAME, CARE and CART are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MERCAPTAN; 9 of them share the top score of 7. ARE, CAN and MAP are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of MERCAPTAN for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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Here is what the 7 strongest answers mean; CAMPER, CATNAPER, ENCAMP and PARAMENT (12 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MERCAPTAN, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERCAPTAN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 266) | 210 | 266 | 196 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
56 of the 266 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CRAMPET, PACEMAN, PARACME, PERMATAN, APTAMER, CAPRATE, CREMANT, PEATMAN, CATNEP, EMPART, MERCAT, RAMCAT and 44 more. 14 of the 266 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: APEMAN, AMENTA, MERC, PERC, ARAME, AREPA, MANAT, PARAE, PAREN, CERT, MARA, NAPA and 2 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of MERCAPTAN and one more.