Unscramble ALCAYDES and you have 187 words, ALCAYDES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. ALCAYDE is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ALCAYDES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 13 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ALCAYDES are led by DECAY, YCLAD and YCLED, 11 points each. DEALS, SCALE and LEADS are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 4-letter words from ALCAYDES tie at 9 points; none scores more. DAYS, CASE and EASY will look familiar.
CAY and CLY share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words in ALCAYDES. DAY, YES and SAY are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of ALCAYDES, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with AL · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What ALCAYDES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ALCAYDES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALCAYDES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 187) | 147 | 187 | 140 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: YCLED, ALAYED, ADAYS, SCYE, YEADS, ALAYS, CAAED, CLY, ECADS, SCALAE, SYED, YADS and 28 more, 40 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: YCLAD, SAYED, CALS, YAS, CAL, DAS and EDS, 7 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of ALCAYDES and one more.