Unscramble BIOCIDAL to get 122 words. BIOCIDAL itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of BIOCIDAL is on the page: DIABOLIC, each 13 points. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from BIOCIDAL split into 2 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 1 with 6, 19 with 5, 41 with 4, 40 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with BIOCIDAL letters: CABILDO, for 12 points.
There is a single one of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BIOCIDAL: LIBIDO, 9 points.
BLOC tops the 4-letter words made with BIOCIDAL letters at 8 points; next come ABID and ACID on 7. COLD, LOAD and BOLD will look familiar.
BAC, CAB and COB share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BIOCIDAL. OLD, BAD and OIL are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BIOCIDAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BI · ending in AL · all 8-letter words
BIOCIDAL first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BIOCIDAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIOCIDAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 122) | 100 | 122 | 92 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 22 of them: CALID, ABID, BAC, BLAD, DOAB, AIDOI, ALCO, CID, DOB, DOLIA, IDOLA, LOBI and 10 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: BIDI, CAL, LOC, LOID, OBA, ODA, DA and OI.