141 words come out when you unscramble BASILICAL, starting with BASILICAL itself: 13 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BASILICAL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 12 with 6, 37 with 5, 42 with 4, 32 with 3 and 11 with 2.
BASILICA is the only one of the 8-letter words made with BASILICAL letters; it scores 12 points.
5 of 37 5-letter words from BASILICAL tie at 9 points; none scores more. BASIC, CALLS and BILLS will look familiar.
Of the 42 4-letter words in BASILICAL, 5 score 8 points, the group's best. CALL, BILL and BALL are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BASILICAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
What BASILICAL means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
BASILICAL is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASILICAL itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 141) | 119 | 141 | 112 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
22 of the 141 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ABACS, BAILLIS, CABAS, CALLAIS, ABAC, BACS, BAILLI, CABA, BAC, BAISA, CILLS, LABIS and 10 more. 7 of the 141 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BASILICAL, ACAIS, SABAL, ACAI, CALS, CAL and LIAS.