Unscramble ASCIDIUM and you have 135 words, ASCIDIUM itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
A1S1C34I1D2I1U12M34
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ASCIDIUM by length: 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 6, 25 with 5, 48 with 4, 41 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Among the 5-letter words in ASCIDIUM, MUCID leads with 10 points, then AMICI and CAMIS on 9. MUSIC, ACIDS and MAIDS are the familiar ones.
9 of 48 4-letter words from ASCIDIUM tie at 8 points; none scores more. SAID, DISC and AIDS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ASCIDIUM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with AS · ending in UM · all 8-letter words
ASCIDIUM first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ASCIDIUM is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASCIDIUM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 135) | 111 | 135 | 100 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AMUSIC, CAMUS, CAUMS, ADSUM, CAUM, MUIDS, SCAUD, CIDS, MUID, CID, MASU, SAIC and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: AUDISM, CAMIS, CAMI, CUMS, MICS, MIC, DUM, SUMI, UMS, DAS and DA, 11 in all.
This word takes every letter of ASCIDIUM plus a single extra one.