Unscramble CIRCLIPS and you have 45 words, CIRCLIPS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is CIRCLIP, 13 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from CIRCLIPS split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 3 with 6, 8 with 5, 16 with 4, 12 with 3 and 4 with 2.
CIRCLIP is the only one of the 7-letter words in CIRCLIPS; it scores 13 points.
Keep every letter of CIRCLIPS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CI · ending in PS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PICRIC (12 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CIRCLIPS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIRCLIPS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 45) | 34 | 43 | 31 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
11 of the 45 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CIRCLIPS, CIRCLIP, SPIRIC, CIRLS, PIRLS, CIRL, PIRL, PIRS, RISP, PIR and SIRI. 2 of the 45 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIPS and CRIP. 1 of the 45 answers is missing from Words With Friends*: CIRCS.