Unscramble CALLIPYGIAN to get 257 words. CALLIPYGIAN itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 24 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CALLIPYGIAN split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 9, 4 with 8, 25 with 7, 36 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 10 letters.
PANICALLY is the only one of the 9-letter words made with CALLIPYGIAN letters; it scores 16 points.
The best of the 7-letter words from CALLIPYGIAN is CLYPING, 15 points; CLAYPAN and PLIANCY on 14 follow. PLAYING, CALLING and PLACING are everyday picks.
Among 36 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CALLIPYGIAN, the top score is 12, reached by 8. PAYING, LAYING and PACING are the familiar ones.
GILPY and PYGAL are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CALLIPYGIAN, 11 points each. AGAIN, PLAIN and CANAL will look familiar.
PACY and PYIC share the top score of 11 among the 4-letter words from CALLIPYGIAN. CALL, PLAY and PAIN are the ones most people know.
GYP tops the 3-letter words in CALLIPYGIAN at 9 points; next come CAY and CLY on 8. ALL, CAN and ANY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CALLIPYGIAN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CA · ending in AN · all 11-letter words
What CALLIPYGIAN means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. CALLIPYGIAN is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALLIPYGIAN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 257) | 213 | 257 | 197 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: CLYPING, PALLYING, APAYING, CLIPING, CLYING, ALAYING, APICIAN, GILPY, PYGAL, YILLING, ALGINIC, PALAY and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: PANICALLY, CALPAIN, CAPING, PACY, GALLICA, LAYIN, PIANI, YAG, ACAI, CIG, LIPA, NAPA and 4 more.