Unscramble BUCATINI to get 102 words. BUCATINI itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. CUBITI and INCUBI are the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BUCATINI split into 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 6, 17 with 5, 29 with 4, 36 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Keep every letter of BUCATINI but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BU · ending in NI · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CUBITI and INCUBI (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
BUCATINI is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUCATINI itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 102) | 83 | 101 | 77 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BUCATINI, ANICUT, NAUTIC, BAC, BUNIA, INCUT, BANT, BUAT, CUIT, TABI, CIT, TUINA and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CUBITI, BANC, CUNIT, UNICA, BUNA, TIAN and UNI, 7 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINT. Not in Scrabble US: CUNT.