Unscramble CALLIGRAM and you have 166 words, CALLIGRAM itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. MAGICAL, LACRIMAL and CAMGIRL are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CALLIGRAM by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 7, 11 with 6, 34 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 11 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with CALLIGRAM letters: LACRIMAL, 12 points.
GAMIC and MAGIC are the top 5-letter words from CALLIGRAM, 10 points each. CLAIM, ALARM and MARIA will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CALLIGRAM, 9 score 8 points, the group's best. MAIL, CALL and GIRL are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CALLIGRAM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CA · ending in AM · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CAMGIRL, LACRIMAL and MAGICAL (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CALLIGRAM is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALLIGRAM itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 166) | 137 | 166 | 123 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
29 of the 166 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CALLIGRAM, MAILCAR, CALIMA, CIMAR, AGAMI, CAMA, CRAIG, CRIM, MACA, ARMIL, GARIAL, AGILA and 17 more. 14 of the 166 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CAMGIRL, GALLICA, CAMI, GLAM, MARG, MIC, RAMAL, ACAI, CIG, CRIA, MARA, CAL and 2 more.
With one more tile, the letters of CALLIGRAM spell the words below.