Unscramble NACRITES and you have 309 words, NACRITES itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 7 anagrams at 10 points each, among them CANISTER, CARNIEST and CERATINS. 28 shorter words score 9, among them CERTAIN, ARSENIC and CISTERN. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from NACRITES split into 8 with 8 letters, 39 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Among 39 7-letter words in NACRITES, the top score is 9, reached by 28. CERTAIN, RETAINS and ARSENIC are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 6-letter words from NACRITES score 8 points. TRANCE, INSECT and TRACES are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NACRITES scores 7. ACRES, CENTS and RACES are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from NACRITES, the top score is 6, reached by 53. CASE, CARE and CART are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words in NACRITES, 15 score 5 points, the group's best. ARE, CAN and ITS are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of NACRITES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with NA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CANISTER, CERATINS, CISTERNA, CREATINS, SCANTIER and TACRINES (10 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts NACRITES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACRITES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 309) | 254 | 309 | 234 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
55 of the 309 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CARNIEST, NACRITES, CANIEST, CANTIER, CERASIN, CRINATE, NACRITE, ANETIC, ARTICS, CANIER, CRANTS, CREANT and 43 more. 20 of the 309 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TACRINES, ATRESIC, TACRINE, CENTAI, CENTAS, RECITS, CERTS, CRIAS, CRITS, ETICS, RECIT, CERT and 8 more.
These 12 words take every letter of NACRITES plus a single extra one.