358 words come out when you unscramble CALCIFEROUS, starting with CALCIFEROUS itself: 18 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FASCICULE leads with 16 points. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from CALCIFEROUS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 9, 24 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2. None has 10 letters.
FASCICLE and FELUCCAS share the top score of 15 among the 8-letter words in CALCIFEROUS. FAILURES, CALORIES and CAROUSEL are the ones most people know.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CALCIFEROUS, FELUCCA and FLOCCUS tie for first at 14 points. SURFACE, FAILURE and CAREFUL are everyday picks.
Among the 6-letter words from CALCIFEROUS, FLOCCI leads with 13 points, then CALIFS and CARFUL on 11. FORCES, SOCCER and CIRCLE are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CALCIFEROUS, 25 score 10 points, the group's best. FORCE, FOCUS and FALSE are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from CALCIFEROUS; 18 of them share the top score of 9. FILE, FIRE and FACE are everyday picks.
CAF tops the 3-letter words in CALCIFEROUS at 8 points; next come ALF and ARF on 6. CAR, AIR and FAR will look familiar.
Trade one tile of CALCIFEROUS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with CA · ending in US · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FASCICLE and FELUCCAS (15 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CALCIFEROUS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALCIFEROUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 358) | 290 | 355 | 271 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 65 of them: FERACIOUS, FILACEOUS, FASCIOLE, FILACERS, FECULAS, FILACER, ACCOILS, ACCURSE, COUCALS, FASCIO, FURCAE, FURCAL and 53 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: COELIACS, FELSIC, CERCAL, EUSOCIAL, FOLIC, CAFS, CIRCS, AFROS, CAF, AFRO, FLIR, FES and 7 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 3 of them: ALFS, ALF and FI.