Unscramble PARATACTIC and you have 144 words, PARATACTIC itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, APRACTIC leads with 14 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34A1R1A1T1A1C34T1I1C34
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PARATACTIC by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 2 with 8, 6 with 7, 13 with 6, 35 with 5, 43 with 4, 34 with 3 and 9 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in PARATACTIC: ATARACTIC, 13 points.
Among 35 5-letter words from PARATACTIC, the top score is 9, reached by 9. APART, TRACT and CARAT are the familiar ones.
10 of 43 4-letter words in PARATACTIC tie at 8 points; none scores more. PART, CART and TRIP will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PARATACTIC but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PA · ending in IC · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by APRACTIC (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PARATACTIC, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARATACTIC itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 144) | 105 | 143 | 95 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
39 of the 144 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CARACT, CARAP, CRAIC, PACTA, PICRA, TICCA, ACCA, ATTRAP, CAPA, CAPI, PITARA, TRIACT and 27 more. 9 of the 144 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PICCATA, ACRATIC, CAPRI, PITTA, ACAI, CRIA, CRIT, RAITA and RAI. 1 of the 144 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIP.