Unscramble NONSPECTRAL and you have 389 words, NONSPECTRAL itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 13: 6 of them, CONEPATLS, COPARENTS and PECTORALS included. It has 11 letters, 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from NONSPECTRAL by length: 1 with 11 letters, 9 with 9, 48 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Of the 48 8-letter words in NONSPECTRAL, 15 score 12 points, the group's best. PERSONAL, PLANNERS and SPECTRAL are the ones most people know.
Among 60 7-letter words from NONSPECTRAL, the top score is 11, reached by 33. CENTRAL, SPECTRA and CARPETS are the familiar ones.
42 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble NONSPECTRAL tie at 10 points; none scores more. PLACES, ASPECT and CARPET will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NONSPECTRAL, 45 score 9 points, the group's best. PLACE, SPACE and SCOPE are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from NONSPECTRAL; 20 of them share the top score of 8. CASE, CARE and CART are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words in NONSPECTRAL, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. CAN, CAR and ACT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of NONSPECTRAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with NO · ending in AL · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CONEPATLS, COPARENTS, PECTORALS, PLECTRONS and PORTANCES (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts NONSPECTRAL, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NONSPECTRAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 389) | 332 | 389 | 303 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NONSPECTRAL, SPORTANCE, CLAPNETS, POLACRES, CATNEPS, CLAPNET, CRAPLES, PATRONNES, POLACRE, PROCTAL, SCOPATE, CAPLES and 45 more, 57 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PARCLOSE, NONSTAPLE, NOPLACE, PATONCE, CAPOTS, CROTALES, SCOPAE, CANOERS, CAPOT, COLTANS, PERCS, SCOPA and 17 more, 29 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of NONSPECTRAL spell the words below.