Unscramble SPACELAB and you have 198 words, SPACELAB itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. CAPABLE, BECLASP and PACABLE are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SPACELAB split into 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 12 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 13 with 2.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SPACELAB is BECAP, 11 points; ABACS and APACE on 9 follow. PLACE, SPACE and CABLE are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from SPACELAB, the top score is 8, reached by 19. CASE, ABLE and BASE are the familiar ones.
7 of 50 3-letter words made with SPACELAB letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. SEA, SEC and LAB will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SPACELAB but one, change that one, and you get:
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The meaning of SPACELAB, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: SPACELAB is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPACELAB itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 198) | 154 | 198 | 144 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PACABLE, CALPAS, CAPLES, ABACS, CABAS, CALPA, CALPS, CAPAS, CAPLE, PEBAS, SCAPA, ABAC and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SPACELAB, BEALS, PALSA, SABAL, BAES, BEAL, CALS, BAE, BES and CAL, 10 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of SPACELAB spell the words below.