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ARCS

4 letters, 6 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What ARCS Means

ARCS is a form of ARC, which means:

  1. noun: electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
  2. noun: a continuous portion of a circle
  3. verb: form an arch or curve“her back arches”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ARCS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 R1 C3 S1.

Anagrams of ARCS (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In ARCS

8 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

3 letter words (6)

2 letter words (2)

Longer Words Containing ARCS

ARCS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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