Unscramble BOTANICAL and you have 237 words, BOTANICAL itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are ANABOLIC and BOTANICA, 12 points each. 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 BOTANICAL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 9 with 7, 30 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Of the 30 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BOTANICAL, 4 score 10 points, the group's best. ACTION, OBTAIN and COBALT are the ones most people know.
7 of 51 5-letter words from BOTANICAL tie at 9 points; none scores more. CANAL, CABIN and BACON will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BOTANICAL, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. BOAT, ICON and COAT are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words from BOTANICAL, BAC, CAB and COB tie for first at 7 points. NOT, CAN and ACT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BOTANICAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BO · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
What BOTANICAL means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. BOTANICAL 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOTANICAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 237) | 193 | 236 | 179 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: BALTIC, BLANCO, ALICANT, ANTICAL, BITONAL, ABAC, ATOCIA, CABA, COAITA, LIBANT, OBITAL, ACTON and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: ALTCOIN, BANC, CANTAL, COLTAN, BALTI, TACAN, ACAI, ATONIA, CLIT, LATINA, CAL, LOC and 2 more. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: BINT.
These 4 words take every letter of BOTANICAL plus a single extra one.