Unscramble RAKSHASA and you have 62 words, RAKSHASA itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from RAKSHASA by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 5 with 6, 10 with 5, 20 with 4, 17 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Keep every letter of RAKSHASA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with RA · ending in SA · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by KASHAS and SHARKS (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
RAKSHASA is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAKSHASA itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 62) | 42 | 62 | 41 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
20 of the 62 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RAKSHASA, AKHARAS, RAKSHAS, AKHARA, HAKAS, HASKS, HAKA, HASK, HASSAR, KARAS, KSARS, AKAS and 8 more. 1 of the 62 answers is missing from Words With Friends*: AHS.
This word takes every letter of RAKSHASA plus a single extra one.