Unscramble SUBTRACTER and you have 315 words, SUBTRACTER itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. CARBURETS is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SUBTRACTER split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 6 with 8, 49 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
CARBURETS is the only one of the 9-letter words made with SUBTRACTER letters; it scores 13 points.
Among 49 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBTRACTER, the top score is 11, reached by 7. STARTER, RESTART and CUTTERS are the familiar ones.
9 of 60 6-letter words from SUBTRACTER tie at 10 points; none scores more. BREAST, BUTTER and BUSTER will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from SUBTRACTER, 13 score 9 points, the group's best. ABUSE, BEARS and BEAST are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in SUBTRACTER; 8 of them share the top score of 8. BEST, CASE and CARE are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words made with SUBTRACTER letters are led by BAC, CAB and CUB, 7 points each. ARE, BUT and CAR are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of SUBTRACTER, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with SU · ending in ER · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CARBURETS (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SUBTRACTER, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBTRACTER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 315) | 261 | 315 | 247 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 54 of them: CRUSTATE, SUBACT, TRACEURS, ACTURES, BRUTERS, CABRE, CAUTERS, CRATURS, CRUSTAE, SABREUR, SCRAB, SURBATE and 42 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: CUBESAT, BRUTEST, BRUTER, BRUTS, BUTES, BAES, CERT, BAE, BES, CRU, TEC, ATS and 2 more.
With one more tile, the letters of SUBTRACTER spell the words below.