Unscramble SCARABAEOID and you have 350 words, SCARABAEOID itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is SCARABAEID, 15 points. The 11 letters split into 6 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SCARABAEOID split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 2 with 9, 15 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words in SCARABAEOID: SCARABAEID, for 15 points.
5 of 15 8-letter words you get when you unscramble SCARABAEOID tie at 13 points; none scores more. AEROBICS and ASCRIBED will look familiar.
Among 60 7-letter words from SCARABAEOID, the top score is 12, reached by 9. SIDEBAR, AEROBIC and CARBIDE are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 6-letter words made with SCARABAEOID letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. BOARDS, BODIES and ARCADE will look familiar.
CEBID scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SCARABAEOID at 10 points, ahead of ABACA and ABACI on 9. BASED, BOARD and BASIC are the ones most people know.
10 of 60 4-letter words from SCARABAEOID tie at 8 points; none scores more. CODE, CARD and DISC will look familiar.
BAC, CAB and COB share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words in SCARABAEOID. CAR, BAD and BAR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SCARABAEOID but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with SC · ending in ID · all 11-letter words
What SCARABAEOID means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SCARABAEOID, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCARABAEOID itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 350) | 276 | 350 | 250 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 74 of them: DECARBS, SCABRID, ARABISED, BOARDIES, CABRIES, CABRIOS, CARBIES, COBAEAS, DECARB, ABRAIDS, ABROADS, BARDIES and 62 more. Words With Friends* skips 26 of them: SCARABAEOID, SCARABAEID, SCARABOID, BARCODES, ACARBOSE, BARCODE, ASCARED, BAIDARS, BARCAS, CARDIOS, COADIES, ADORBS and 14 more.
This word takes every letter of SCARABAEOID plus a single extra one.