Unscramble ALCAIDES to get 218 words. ALCAIDES itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of ALCAIDES is on the page: SIDALCEA, each 11 points. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 10 points, ACEDIAS, ALCADES and ALCAIDE among them. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ALCAIDES by length: 2 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 21 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 18 with 2.
21 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ALCAIDES; 9 of them share the top score of 9. LADIES, DECALS and SCALED are everyday picks.
21 of 60 5-letter words from ALCAIDES tie at 8 points; none scores more. DEALS, IDEAS and SCALE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from ALCAIDES, 16 score 7 points, the group's best. CASE, IDEA and DEAL are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words in ALCAIDES are led by CAD and CID, 6 points each. SEA, ADS and AID are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of ALCAIDES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with AL · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What ALCAIDES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ALCAIDES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALCAIDES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 218) | 167 | 218 | 157 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCAILED, CADIES, DISCAL, CAAED, CADIE, CALID, CIDES, CLIED, ECADS, SCALAE, ALDEAS, CIDE and 39 more, 51 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SIDALCEA, ALIASED, ACAIS, ACAI, CALS, CAL, DESI, DAS, EDS and DA, 10 in all.
These 4 words take every letter of ALCAIDES plus a single extra one.