Unscramble ANCILLARY and you have 166 words, ANCILLARY itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 14 points: CRANIALLY. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
A1N12C34I1L12L12A1R1Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ANCILLARY split into 2 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 6 with 7, 21 with 6, 28 with 5, 60 with 4, 35 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Of the 21 6-letter words from ANCILLARY, 5 score 11 points, the group's best. RACIAL, CANARY and CARNAL are the ones most people know.
28 5-letter words made with ANCILLARY letters; 4 of them share the top score of 10. RALLY, CANAL and LYRIC are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ANCILLARY, the top score is 9, reached by 8. CALL, RAIN and RAIL are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of ANCILLARY, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with AN · ending in RY · all 9-letter words
What ANCILLARY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ANCILLARY is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANCILLARY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 166) | 139 | 166 | 130 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 27 of them: RIANCY, CANY, CLARAIN, CRAY, INYALA, RAILLY, RICY, CLY, CRINAL, NIRLY, ALAY, LYRA and 15 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: LYCRA, LAIRY, LAYIN, ACAI, CRIA, CAL, LARN, NALA and RAI.
With one more tile, the letters of ANCILLARY spell the words below.