Unscramble SALTCELLAR to get 280 words. SALTCELLAR itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
S1A1L12T1C34E1L12L12A1R1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SALTCELLAR by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 22 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 9 letters.
18 of 22 7-letter words made with SALTCELLAR letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. LATERAL, RECALLS and STELLAR will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from SALTCELLAR, 45 score 8 points, the group's best. ALERTS, CASTLE and RECALL are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SALTCELLAR; 55 of them share the top score of 7. CLEAR, SCALE and CELLS are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in SALTCELLAR, the top score is 6, reached by 37. AREA, CASE and CARE are the familiar ones.
13 of 58 3-letter words made with SALTCELLAR letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, ALL and SET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SALTCELLAR but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SA · ending in AR · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with LACTEALS (10 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SALTCELLAR 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALTCELLAR itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 280) | 231 | 280 | 221 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
49 of the 280 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CASTELLA, ACATERS, CASTRAL, SACELLA, TARCELS, ACATER, ACATES, CARTAS, CLARTS, CRESTA, LACETS, RECALS and 37 more. 10 of the 280 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CERTS, CALS, CERT, TECS, CAL, TEC, ATS, EST, TES and TE.
These 2 words take every letter of SALTCELLAR plus a single extra one.