93 words come out when you unscramble CALICES, starting with CALICES itself: 11 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 11 points: CELIACS. 5 shorter words score 10, among them CELIAC, CALCES and CASEIC. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of CALICES in one turn: 61 in Scrabble (11 + 50), 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CALICES by length: 2 with 7 letters, 5 with 6, 15 with 5, 34 with 4, 26 with 3 and 11 with 2.
CECA scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CALICES at 8 points, ahead of ACES and AESC on 6. CASE, SALE and SEAL are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of CALICES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with CA · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
CALICES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CALICES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALICES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 93) | 78 | 93 | 75 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 15 of them: CECILS, CIELS, CLAES, CLIES, SCAIL, AESC, CEAS, CIEL, SAIC, SEIL, SILE, SLAE and 3 more. Words With Friends* skips 3 of them: CALS, CAL and LIAS.
With one more tile, the letters of CALICES spell the words below.