Unscramble ACICULA to get 24 words. ACICULA itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are ALCAIC and CICALA, 10 points each. The 7 letters split into 4 vowels and 3 consonants. All 7 tiles of ACICULA in one turn: 61 in Scrabble (11 + 50), 50 in Words With Friends (15 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ACICULA by length: 1 with 7 letters, 2 with 6, 1 with 5, 6 with 4, 9 with 3 and 5 with 2.
Just 1 of the 5-letter words in ACICULA: AULIC, for 7 points.
Keep every letter of ACICULA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with AC · ending in LA · all 7-letter words
What ACICULA means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ACICULA, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACICULA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 24) | 18 | 24 | 16 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACCA, CAA, AULA, AIA, ALU and AUA, 6 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ACAI and CAL, 2 in all.
These 3 words take every letter of ACICULA plus a single extra one.