Unscramble BASILICON to get 258 words. BASILICON itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, COALBINS leads with 12 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
B34A1S1I1L12I1C34O1N12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BASILICON split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 17 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with BASILICON letters: COALBINS, 12 points.
Of the 37 6-letter words from BASILICON, 10 score 10 points, the group's best. SOCIAL, CASINO and CABINS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BASILICON, the top score is 9, reached by 8. BASIC, LOANS and COINS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words in BASILICON, 6 score 8 points, the group's best. ICON, SCAN and LABS are the ones most people know.
BAC, CAB and COB are the top 3-letter words made with BASILICON letters, 7 points each. CAN, OIL and BIN will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of BASILICON, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ON · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with COALBINS (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: BASILICON 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASILICON itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 258) | 220 | 258 | 206 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
38 of the 258 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BASILICON, BLANCOS, BLANCO, ASINICO, BILIANS, SINICAL, BACS, BILIAN, CONIAS, SCOLIA, ALCOS, BAC and 26 more. 14 of the 258 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ALNICOS, BANCS, BANC, ASCON, CALOS, LOCIS, CALS, LOCS, OBAS, CAL, LOC, OBA and 2 more.
These 3 words take every letter of BASILICON plus a single extra one.