Words Containing CANTHR

Q: What is the highest-scoring word containing CANTHR?

PITHECANTHROPINES is worth 29 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are PITHECANTHROPINE (28), PITHECANTHROPUS (27), PITHECANTHROPI (26).

Q: What is the longest word containing CANTHR?

PITHECANTHROPINES has 17 letters.

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16-Letter Words With CANTHR 1

17-Letter Words With CANTHR 1

How often does CANTHR appear in words?

Our combined English word list has 11 words containing CANTHR. Most are 11 letters long, they average 24.6 points, the best is PITHECANTHROPINES (29 points) and 45.5% end in S.

Total words: 11
Most common length: 11 letters; 2 words
Average Scrabble score: 24.6; out of 29 max
Longest word: PITHECANTHROPINES; 17 letters
Most common ending: S; 45.5% of words

Most common last letters

s 45.5%
e 18.2%
c 9.1%

Top vowel pairs

ie9.1%

Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.

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Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.

Highest-scoring word containing CANTHR

p ₃i ₁t ₁h ₄e ₁c ₃a ₁n ₁t ₁h ₄r ₁o ₁p ₃i ₁n ₁e ₁s ₁

P 3 + I 1 + T 1 + H 4 + E 1 + C 3 + A 1 + N 1 + T 1 + H 4 + R 1 + O 1 + P 3 + I 1 + N 1 + E 1 + S 1 = 29 points

Double word: 58 pts
Triple word: 87 pts

Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).

pithecanthropines

No dictionary definition on file. This is a valid game word that standard dictionaries rarely cover.

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