Unscramble NARKS and you have 33 words, NARKS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. It has 6 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: KARNS, KNARS, KRANS, RANKS, SKRAN and SNARK. Among the shorter answers, 9 reach 8 points, RANK, SANK and ARKS among them. The 5 letters split into 1 vowel and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from NARKS by length: 7 with 5 letters, 10 with 4, 11 with 3 and 5 with 2.
Keep every letter of NARKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with NA · ending in KS · all 5-letter words
What NARKS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NARKS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NARKS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 33) | 25 | 33 | 24 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
8 of the 33 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KRANS, SKRAN, KANS, KSAR, SNAR, ANS, NAS and SAR. 1 of the 33 answers is missing from Words With Friends*: SAN.
Each word below uses all the letters of NARKS and one more.