207 words come out when you unscramble SCARCEST, starting with SCARCEST itself: 12 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from SCARCEST by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 38 with 3 and 12 with 2.
The 6-letter words made with SCARCEST letters are led by ACCESS, ARCSEC and SCARCE, 10 points each. TRACES, ASSERT and REACTS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words from SCARCEST, 33 score 7 points, the group's best. RATES, CASES and STARS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SCARCEST is CECA, 8 points; ACER and ACES on 6 follow. CASE, CARE and RATE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SCARCEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SC · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
SCARCEST first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SCARCEST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCARCEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 207) | 175 | 207 | 161 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 32 of them: ARCSECS, ARCSEC, CRESTA, SCEATS, SCRAES, SCRATS, ACERS, SCEAT, SCRAE, SCRAT, ACER, AESC and 20 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: CERTS, CERT, TASERS, TECS, RESAT, TASER, TASES, TEC, ESTS, TASE, ATS, EST and 2 more.
These 2 words take every letter of SCARCEST plus a single extra one.