Unscramble ANCILLAS to get 132 words. ANCILLAS itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. ANCILLA, CALLAIS and CALLANS are the best of the shorter words, at 9 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ANCILLAS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 15 with 6, 30 with 5, 41 with 4, 31 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Among 30 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ANCILLAS, the top score is 7, reached by 14. CALLS, CANAL and ALIAS are the familiar ones.
14 of 41 4-letter words from ANCILLAS tie at 6 points; none scores more. CALL, SCAN and NAIL will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ANCILLAS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with AN · ending in AS · all 8-letter words
ANCILLAS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ANCILLAS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANCILLAS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 132) | 110 | 132 | 102 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 22 of them: CALLAIS, ASCIAN, SANCAI, CILLS, SCAIL, SCALA, CAAS, CILL, NALLAS, SAIC, ALLIS, CAA and 10 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: ACAIS, ACAI, CALS, CAL, NALAS, LIAS, NALA and SAN.
With one more tile, the letters of ANCILLAS spell the words below.