Unscramble BULLYCIDE and you have 155 words, BULLYCIDE itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. LUCIDLY and BEYLIC are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from BULLYCIDE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 12 with 6, 32 with 5, 55 with 4, 41 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 8 letters.
BLUDY, DICEY and YCLED are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BULLYCIDE, 11 points each. BUILD, YIELD and BELLY will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words from BULLYCIDE is BYDE, 10 points; BLEY on 9 and BICE on 8 follow. CLUB, BLUE and CELL are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of BULLYCIDE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with BU · ending in DE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BEYLIC and LUCIDLY (13 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: BULLYCIDE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BULLYCIDE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 155) | 124 | 155 | 118 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 31 of them: BULLYCIDE, BIELDY, BLUIDY, BLUDY, YCLED, BYDE, CLUEY, YILLED, BLEY, BLUDIE, BILED, BLUDE and 19 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: BULLEY, CELLY, DULCE, LUBED, ILLUDE and LUD.
Each word below uses all the letters of BULLYCIDE and one more.