Unscramble PICRATES and you have 290 words, PICRATES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 4 anagrams of PICRATES are on the page: CRAPIEST, CRISPATE, PARETICS and PRACTISE, each 12 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from PICRATES split into 5 with 8 letters, 25 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
13 of 25 7-letter words made with PICRATES letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. PARTIES, PIRATES and SPECTRA will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PICRATES, 25 score 10 points, the group's best. PRICES, SCRIPT and ASPECT are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from PICRATES; 33 of them share the top score of 9. PRICE, SPACE and ACRES are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from PICRATES, the top score is 8, reached by 17. PART, CASE and CARE are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words in PICRATES, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. ARE, CAR and ART are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PICRATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PI · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What PICRATES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PICRATES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PICRATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 255 | 288 | 234 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
35 of the 290 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CRAPIEST, EPACRIS, PICRAS, CREPS, PAIREST, PICRA, SCAPI, ARTICS, CAPI, CRESTA, PAIRES, PARTIS and 23 more. 19 of the 290 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PACIEST, PACIER, TRICEP, ATRESIC, CAPRI, PERCS, PRATIES, SPECT, PERC, PRATIE, CERTS, CERT and 7 more. 2 of the 290 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIPS and CRIP.
These 12 words take every letter of PICRATES plus a single extra one.