Unscramble NUCLEOLAR to get 259 words. NUCLEOLAR itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, NUCELLAR leads with 10 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from NUCLEOLAR by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 12 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with NUCLEOLAR letters: NUCELLAR, for 10 points.
Of the 44 6-letter words you get when you unscramble NUCLEOLAR, 33 score 8 points, the group's best. ORACLE, RECALL and COLLAR are the ones most people know.
39 of 60 5-letter words from NUCLEOLAR tie at 7 points; none scores more. LOCAL, LEARN and CLEAR will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NUCLEOLAR, the top score is 6, reached by 46. CARE, CALL and CELL are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words from NUCLEOLAR, 21 score 5 points, the group's best. ARE, ALL and CAN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of NUCLEOLAR but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with NU · ending in AR · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; NUCELLAR (10 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NUCLEOLAR works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NUCLEOLAR itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 259) | 206 | 259 | 192 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 53 of them: EARCON, RANCEL, RAUCLE, ROUNCE, UNCOER, ANCLE, CARON, COURE, CRENA, LEUCO, LLANERO, ONCER and 41 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: CORELLA, CANOER, CONURE, LEUCON, OUNCER, RUCOLA, ACRO, CAL, CRU, ECO, LOC, ARO and 2 more.