72 words come out when you unscramble ZARNICH, starting with ZARNICH itself: 21 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CAZH and CHIZ lead with 18 points. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of ZARNICH at once for 71 in Scrabble (21 + 50) or 57 in Words With Friends (22 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ZARNICH split into 1 with 7 letters, 2 with 6, 8 with 5, 28 with 4, 23 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Keep every letter of ZARNICH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with ZA · ending in CH · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CAZH (18 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ZARNICH 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZARNICH itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 72) | 55 | 72 | 48 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ZARNICH, CHIZ, CAZ, NAZIR, RIZA, ZARI, RIZ, CHINAR, NACH, RACH, ACH, CHA and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CAZH, ZA, ARCHI, CHAI, AHI, CRIA and RAI, 7 in all.
This word takes every letter of ZARNICH plus a single extra one.