Unscramble BIOCYCLES to get 211 words. BIOCYCLES itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from BIOCYCLES split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 7 with 7, 19 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 19 with 2.
BICCY scores highest among the 5-letter words from BIOCYCLES at 14 points, ahead of COLBY and CYCLE on 12. CLOSE, CISCO and SLICE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words in BIOCYCLES is OCCY, 11 points; BEYS and BLEY on 9 follow. BOYS, LOSE and LIES are everyday picks.
Of the 57 3-letter words made with BIOCYCLES letters, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. YES, OIL and BOY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of BIOCYCLES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BI · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
BIOCYCLES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BIOCYCLES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIOCYCLES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 211) | 166 | 211 | 153 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
45 of the 211 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BICCY, CYCLISE, LECCY, CLOYES, COLEYS, OCCY, BLEYS, CECILS, CLOYE, COLEY, LESBIC, OCCIES and 33 more. 13 of the 211 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: COLBYS, COLBY, COLBIES, LOCIES, LOCIE, LOCIS, ECOS, LOCS, BES, ECO, LOC, SOC and 1 more.