Unscramble ARTIFICIAL to get 177 words. ARTIFICIAL itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
A1R1T1I1F4I1C34I1A1L12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ARTIFICIAL split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 13 with 6, 46 with 5, 58 with 4, 40 with 3 and 13 with 2.
TRIFACIAL is the only one of the 9-letter words in ARTIFICIAL; it scores 14 points.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with ARTIFICIAL letters: IATRICAL, 10 points.
Among 46 5-letter words from ARTIFICIAL, the top score is 10, reached by 7. TRIAL, TRAIL and CRAFT are the familiar ones.
Among the 4-letter words in ARTIFICIAL, CALF, FACT and FLIC tie for first at 9 points. CART, FAIR and FLAT are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words made with ARTIFICIAL letters, CAF leads with 8 points, then AFT and ALF on 6. CAR, ART and AIR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ARTIFICIAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with AR · ending in AL · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FLATCAR and FRACTAL (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ARTIFICIAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTIFICIAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 177) | 145 | 175 | 133 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 30 of them: CAFILA, FRACT, FILII, FRATI, ILIACI, ARTIC, CARTA, CITAL, CLART, ICTAL, CIRL, CLAT and 18 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: TRIFACIAL, FACTA, CAF, IFTAR, FLIR, ACAI, CLIT, CRIA, CRIT, CAL, RAITA and RAI. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: ALF and FI.