237 words come out when you unscramble CARYOPSIS, starting with CARYOPSIS itself: 16 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. CRYPSIS and PISCARY are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from CARYOPSIS split into 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 7, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 32 6-letter words made with CARYOPSIS letters, the top score is 13, reached by 4. ACROSS, PIRACY and SCRAPS are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 5-letter words from CARYOPSIS tie at 12 points; none scores more. SPRAY, CORPS and CROPS will look familiar.
COPY, PACY and PYIC share the top score of 11 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CARYOPSIS. CARS, SAYS and PICS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words from CARYOPSIS, the top score is 8, reached by 10. CAR, AIR and SAY are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CARYOPSIS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CA · ending in IS · all 9-letter words
CARYOPSIS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CARYOPSIS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARYOPSIS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 237) | 198 | 235 | 169 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
39 of the 237 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CYPRIS, CRAPY, CASSPIR, SCRAYS, YARCOS, CRAYS, PICRAS, PIOYS, PSORIC, SCOPAS, SCRAY, YARCO and 27 more. 27 of the 237 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CRYPSIS, COPAYS, COPAY, COPSY, PACY, CORYS, ORACY, PISSY, PYROS, CAPRI, PYRO, SCOPA and 15 more. 2 of the 237 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIPS and CRIP.