Unscramble APHICIDES to get 239 words. APHICIDES itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. APHICIDE and DIPHASIC are the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from APHICIDES split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 7 with 7, 26 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
5 of 26 6-letter words you get when you unscramble APHICIDES tie at 13 points; none scores more. SHAPED, SPACED and PHASED will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from APHICIDES, the top score is 12, reached by 7. SPACE, CHEAP and PHASE are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words in APHICIDES; 4 of them share the top score of 11. EACH, HEAD and PICS are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words made with APHICIDES letters, the top score is 8, reached by 13. HAS, HAD and ADS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of APHICIDES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AP · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DIPHASIC (16 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts APHICIDES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| APHICIDES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 239) | 206 | 239 | 193 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 33 of them: APHICIDES, APHICIDE, PHAEIC, PIEDISH, DISPACE, ICHED, DICH, EADISH, ICHES, CADIES, CHAS, HEIDS and 21 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: CAPISH, CHAIS, CHAI, DESHI, HEPS, SIDHE, AHED, SIDH, AHIS, AHI, AHS, DEP and 1 more.