Unscramble ALPHABETIC to get 286 words. ALPHABETIC itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PATCHABLE leads with 18 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ALPHABETIC by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 4 with 8, 24 with 7, 47 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
24 7-letter words from ALPHABETIC; 7 of them share the top score of 14. CAPITAL, CAPABLE and ETHICAL are everyday picks.
12 of 47 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ALPHABETIC tie at 13 points; none scores more. PALACE, CHAPEL and CAPITA will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words made with ALPHABETIC letters, 16 score 12 points, the group's best. BEACH, CHEAP and CABLE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ALPHABETIC, the top score is 11, reached by 6. HELP, EACH and TECH are the familiar ones.
15 of 60 3-letter words from ALPHABETIC tie at 8 points; none scores more. ACT, BIT and HIT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ALPHABETIC but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with AL · ending in IC · all 10-letter words
What ALPHABETIC means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ALPHABETIC, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHABETIC itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 286) | 230 | 286 | 216 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HEPATICAL, PHACELIA, PHABLET, BIATCH, PACABLE, PATHIC, PHAEIC, ALETHIC, BACHA, BIACH, CHELP, PILCH and 44 more, 56 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PATCHABLE, CHIPLET, BETCHA, BLECH, BICEP, CATH, CHAI, ECHT, TECH, AHI, LAH, BAE and 2 more, 14 in all.