Unscramble SCAREWARES and you have 245 words, SCAREWARES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CAREWARES and SCAREWARE lead with 14 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SCAREWARES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 6 with 8, 16 with 7, 48 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
SCREWER tops the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SCAREWARES at 12 points; next come REWEARS and SEAWARE on 10. CAREERS and CREASES will look familiar.
Among the 6-letter words from SCAREWARES, CREWES, SCRAWS and SCREWS tie for first at 11 points. CAREER, RECESS and RACERS are everyday picks.
7 of 60 5-letter words made with SCAREWARES letters tie at 10 points; none scores more. AREAS, CASES and AWARE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SCAREWARES, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. WERE, AREA and CASE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SCAREWARES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SC · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SCREWERS (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SCAREWARES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the Words With Friends list leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCAREWARES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 245) | 188 | 245 | 180 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
57 of the 245 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCAREWARES, CAREWARES, SCAREWARE, CAREWARE, CREWES, SCRAWS, CREWE, SCAWS, SCRAW, WAACS, AWARER, SCARRES and 45 more. 8 of the 245 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: REWEARS, REWEAR, ARRASES, EASERS, EEW, EASER, EW and ESSE.