290 words come out when you unscramble RACONTEUR, starting with RACONTEUR itself: 11 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 10, among them COURANTE, EUROCRAT and OUTRANCE. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from RACONTEUR by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 22 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Among 22 7-letter words made with RACONTEUR letters, the top score is 9, reached by 19. CURRENT, COUNTER and CREATOR are the familiar ones.
55 of 60 6-letter words from RACONTEUR tie at 8 points; none scores more. NATURE, CORNER and TRANCE will look familiar.
All 60 of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RACONTEUR score 7 points. COURT, COUNT and OCEAN are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from RACONTEUR; 43 of them share the top score of 6. CARE, NOTE and CART are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words in RACONTEUR, 22 score 5 points, the group's best. NOT, ARE and CAN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of RACONTEUR but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RA · ending in UR · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by COURANTE, OUTRANCE and TROUNCER (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. RACONTEUR is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RACONTEUR itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 233 | 290 | 216 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EUROCRAT, ACROTER, TRACEUR, UNTRACE, ACTURE, ARRECT, CARRON, CAUTER, CORREA, CRATUR, CREANT, CRONET and 44 more, 56 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CANOER, CONURE, CROUTE, CUATRO, OUNCER, RECOAT, RETCON, CENTU, ONCET, ORATURE, ACRO, CERT and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Scrabble US: CUNT.
These 2 words take every letter of RACONTEUR plus a single extra one.