Unscramble BURSICULATE and you have 375 words, BURSICULATE itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. LUBRICATES, LUCUBRATES and SUBARTICLE are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from BURSICULATE split into 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 10, 10 with 9, 33 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
All 3 of the 10-letter words in BURSICULATE score 14 points.
Among 33 8-letter words from BURSICULATE, the top score is 12, reached by 8. ARTICLES, SUITABLE and CULTURES are the familiar ones.
60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble BURSICULATE; 25 of them share the top score of 11. ARTICLE, BLASTER and CALIBER are everyday picks.
27 of 60 6-letter words in BURSICULATE tie at 10 points; none scores more. CABLES, BRACES and AIRBUS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words made with BURSICULATE letters, 22 score 9 points, the group's best. BASIC, CABLE and ABUSE are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BURSICULATE; 11 of them share the top score of 8. BEST, CLUB and ABLE are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words from BURSICULATE are led by BAC, CAB and CUB, 7 points each. BUT, CAR and AIR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of BURSICULATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with BU · ending in TE · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with BISULCATE, CUBATURES and SCRUTABLE (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: BURSICULATE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURSICULATE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 375) | 305 | 375 | 277 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BURSICULATE, SUBARTICLE, BACULITES, TUBERCULA, BACULITE, BECURLS, CABRIES, CABRITS, CARBIES, CRIBLES, ALTRICES, BALTIC and 58 more, 70 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LUCUBRATES, BISULCATE, LUCUBRATE, BASILECT, BRUCITES, BRUCITE, CABLERS, CUBESAT, CUBITUS, SALURETIC, STERCULIA, CABLER and 16 more, 28 in all.