Unscramble SALTCATS and you have 80 words, SALTCATS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SALTCATS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 4 with 6, 20 with 5, 27 with 4, 20 with 3 and 7 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with SALTCATS letters: SALTCAT, 9 points.
Keep every letter of SALTCATS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SA · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CLASTS and SCATTS (8 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts SALTCATS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALTCATS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 80) | 69 | 80 | 64 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 11 of them: SALTCATS, SALTCAT, CLATS, SCALA, CAAS, CLAT, CAA, TAALS, TASSA, TAAL and ST. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: CALS, SALATS, CAL, SALAT and ATS.
Each word below uses all the letters of SALTCATS and one more.