179 words come out when you unscramble CICHLIDAE, starting with CICHLIDAE itself: 17 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is CHALICED, 16 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CICHLIDAE split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 10 with 7, 15 with 6, 35 with 5, 60 with 4, 38 with 3 and 19 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in CICHLIDAE: CHALICED, 16 points.
Of the 35 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CICHLIDAE, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. CHILD, IDEAL and CACHE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words in CICHLIDAE is CHIC, 11 points; CHAD and CHID on 10 follow. EACH, HEAD and HELD are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of CICHLIDAE for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with CI · ending in AE · all 9-letter words
What CICHLIDAE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CICHLIDAE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CICHLIDAE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 179) | 148 | 179 | 139 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
31 of the 179 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLACHED, CHACED, CHACE, CALCED, ICHED, DICH, ELCHI, CHAL, HEALD, ACH, CADIE, CALID and 19 more. 9 of the 179 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CEILIDH, CHICA, CHAI, AHED, CEILI, AHI, LAH, CAL and DA.