Unscramble CALCIFUGES to get 255 words. CALCIFUGES itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 23 in Words With Friends. CALCIFUGE is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CALCIFUGES split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 3 with 8, 10 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
9 of 38 6-letter words from CALCIFUGES tie at 11 points; none scores more. FISCAL, CLAUSE and ACCUSE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from CALCIFUGES, 11 score 10 points, the group's best. FILES, CAUSE and SCALE are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in CALCIFUGES; 12 of them share the top score of 9. LIFE, FILE and CASE are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words made with CALCIFUGES letters, CAF leads with 8 points, then FAG and FEG on 7. AGE, GAS and ICE are the familiar ones.
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The meaning of CALCIFUGES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CALCIFUGES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALCIFUGES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 255) | 200 | 252 | 181 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FECULAS, ALGESIC, CECILS, FASCI, FUGIES, CAUF, FLEGS, FUGIE, FUSC, GAUCIE, SUCCI, CLUSIA and 40 more, 52 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FELSIC, CAFS, CAF, CLEGS, GIFS, GUACS, CIGS, CLEG, GIF, GUAC, CALS, CIG and 7 more, 19 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS, ALF and FI, 3 in all.