Unscramble ANIMALCULES to get 369 words. ANIMALCULES itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. ANIMALCULE is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ANIMALCULES split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 10 with 9, 30 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words in ANIMALCULES: ANIMALCULE, 14 points.
14 of 30 8-letter words from ANIMALCULES tie at 12 points; none scores more. ALLIANCE will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ANIMALCULES, 31 score 11 points, the group's best. ANIMALS, MUSICAL and CINEMAS are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ANIMALCULES; 46 of them share the top score of 10. CLAIMS, MUSCLE and ALUMNI are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from ANIMALCULES, the top score is 9, reached by 35. MUSIC, CALLS and CLAIM are the familiar ones.
20 of 60 4-letter words in ANIMALCULES tie at 8 points; none scores more. CASE, CALL and CELL will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words made with ANIMALCULES letters, the top score is 7, reached by 4. ALL, CAN and MAN are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of ANIMALCULES, with one letter different:
More 11-letter words: starting with AN · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ANALCIMES, CALAMINES, CALUMNIES, CAMELLIAS and LEMNISCAL (13 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ANIMALCULES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANIMALCULES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 369) | 294 | 369 | 274 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SEMUNCIAL, LIMACELS, MICELLAS, SACELLUM, SEMUNCIA, CALIMAS, CAMAIEU, CASEMAN, CNEMIAL, ENCALMS, LIMACEL, LIMACES and 63 more, 75 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MESCALIN, CULMINA, LEUCISM, MESCLUN, CALLUNAS, CULMEN, LAMINALS, CALLUNA, CAMIS, EMICS, CAMI, CUMS and 8 more, 20 in all.