Unscramble ANCIPITOUS to get 318 words. ANCIPITOUS itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. OPTICIANS, ACUPOINTS and PANOISTIC are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ANCIPITOUS split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 14 with 8, 31 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
9 of 31 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ANCIPITOUS tie at 11 points; none scores more. AUCTION, ACTIONS and CAUTION will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words from ANCIPITOUS, the top score is 10, reached by 20. ACTION, TOPICS and CASINO are the familiar ones.
23 of 60 5-letter words from ANCIPITOUS tie at 9 points; none scores more. TOPIC, INPUT and COAST will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in ANCIPITOUS, 16 score 8 points, the group's best. COST, PICS and PAIN are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words made with ANCIPITOUS letters, the top score is 7, reached by 5. CAN, TOP and ACT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ANCIPITOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by OPTICIANS (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts ANCIPITOUS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANCIPITOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 318) | 254 | 318 | 237 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
62 of the 318 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ANCIPITOUS, ACUPOINTS, PANOISTIC, ACUPOINT, APOSITIC, OPINICUS, COPITAS, PUNCTOS, ANTICOUS, COPITA, PANISC, PONTIC and 50 more. 19 of the 318 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PSIONIC, CAPOTS, PUNCTA, CAPOT, SCOPA, COPI, CUNITS, ASCON, CUNIT, INSPO, APOS, OPAS and 7 more. 2 of the 318 answers are missing from Scrabble US: CUNTS and CUNT.
These 2 words take every letter of ANCIPITOUS plus a single extra one.