Unscramble PORTULACA and you have 227 words, PORTULACA itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are AUTOCARP and TAPACULO, 12 points each. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PORTULACA split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 11 with 7, 21 with 6, 56 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Of the 21 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PORTULACA, 6 score 10 points, the group's best. ACTUAL, PORTAL and PATROL are the ones most people know.
Among 56 5-letter words from PORTULACA, the top score is 9, reached by 12. COURT, ULTRA and APART are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with PORTULACA letters, 13 score 8 points, the group's best. PART, CART and PORT are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PORTULACA tie at 7 points; none scores more. TOP, CAR and ART will look familiar.
Trade one tile of PORTULACA for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in CA · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CALTRAP, CALTROP, CAPORAL, COPULAR and CRAPOLA (11 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PORTULACA 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PORTULACA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 227) | 168 | 226 | 149 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 59 of them: AUTOCARP, TAPACULO, CUPOLAR, OCTAPLA, PROCTAL, PAUCAL, ACATOUR, AUTOCAR, CALPA, CAPUL, CARAP, CROTALA and 47 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: CRAPOLA, CAPOT, CUATRO, RUCOLA, PLUOT, PULAO, ACRO, PAUA, APO, CAL, CRU, LOC and 6 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: LARP.
Each word below uses all the letters of PORTULACA and one more.