Unscramble CIRCUMSCRIBE to get 283 words. CIRCUMSCRIBE itself is a real word: 22 points on a Scrabble board, 28 in Words With Friends. CIRCUMCISER is the best of the shorter words, at 19 points. It has 12 letters, 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CIRCUMSCRIBE by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 1 with 10, 1 with 9, 6 with 8, 25 with 7, 56 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words made with CIRCUMSCRIBE letters: CIRCUMCISER, for 19 points.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words in CIRCUMSCRIBE: CIRCUMCISE, 18 points.
CIRCUSIER is the only one of the 9-letter words you get when you unscramble CIRCUMSCRIBE; it scores 13 points.
5 of 25 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CIRCUMSCRIBE tie at 13 points; none scores more. CRUISER will look familiar.
Of the 56 6-letter words from CIRCUMSCRIBE, 5 score 12 points, the group's best. CRUISE, CRIMES and CIRCUS are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words in CIRCUMSCRIBE; 5 of them share the top score of 11. MUSIC, CRIME and CUBIC are everyday picks.
17 of 60 4-letter words made with CIRCUMSCRIBE letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. RICE, MICE and CURE will look familiar.
Of the 58 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CIRCUMSCRIBE, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. USE, SUB and ICE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CIRCUMSCRIBE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with CI · ending in BE · all 12-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CIRCUMCISER (19 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CIRCUMSCRIBE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIRCUMSCRIBE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 283) | 226 | 283 | 214 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, *Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: IMBRICES, BICCIES, CIRCUSIER, SCUMBER, CUMECS, SCRIMURE, CIMIERS, CUMEC, IMBURSE, MUCIC, CIMIER, ERUCIC and 45 more, 57 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CRUISIER, CIRCS, EMICS, MERCS, CUMS, MERC, MICS, CUM, BES, CRU, MES and UMS, 12 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of CIRCUMSCRIBE spell the words below.