Unscramble ARCOLOGY to get 136 words. ARCOLOGY itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are CALORY and COLORY, 11 points each. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
A1R1C34O1L12O1G23Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ARCOLOGY split into 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 6, 27 with 5, 47 with 4, 45 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 7 letters.
CAGY tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ARCOLOGY at 10 points; next come ACYL and CLAY on 9. LOGO, COOL and GOAL will look familiar.
Of the 45 3-letter words from ARCOLOGY, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. CAR, GAY and LOG are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ARCOLOGY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with AR · ending in GY · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CALORY (11 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: ARCOLOGY is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCOLOGY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 136) | 109 | 134 | 96 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ARCOLOGY, COLORY, GROOLY, YARCO, CRAY, GOARY, GOORY, CLY, GYAL, CROG, CROOL, LYRA and 15 more, 27 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LYCRA, ORACY, GOOLY, YAG, ACRO, AGLOO, AGRO, CAL, LOC, ORG, ARO, LOR and 1 more, 13 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: COOLY and GOY, 2 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of ARCOLOGY spell the words below.