Unscramble SCARABOIDS to get 290 words. SCARABOIDS itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SCARABOIDS split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 6 with 8, 21 with 7, 59 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in SCARABOIDS: SCARABOID, for 14 points.
BARDIC scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SCARABOIDS at 11 points, ahead of ARABIC and BARCAS on 10. ACROSS, BOARDS and ABROAD are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SCARABOIDS, the top score is 9, reached by 19. BOARD, CARDS and BASIC are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words from SCARABOIDS, 9 score 8 points, the group's best. CARD, DISC and ACID are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words in SCARABOIDS are led by BAC, CAB and COB, 7 points each. CAR, BAD and BAR are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of SCARABOIDS for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with SC · ending in DS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CARABIDS (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SCARABOIDS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCARABOIDS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 225 | 290 | 201 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 65 of them: SCARABOIDS, SCABRID, BORSICS, BRASCOS, CABRIOS, ABRAIDS, ABROADS, BORSIC, BRASCO, CABRIO, COARBS, SCRABS and 53 more. Words With Friends* skips 24 of them: SCARABOID, BAIDARS, BARCAS, CARDIOS, CSARDAS, SCROBS, ADORBS, BAIDAR, BARCA, CARDIO, SCROB, ARABIS and 12 more.