320 words come out when you unscramble CIVILISATION, starting with CIVILISATION itself: 17 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, VIOLINISTIC leads with 16 points. The 12 letters split into 6 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from CIVILISATION split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 2 with 10, 5 with 9, 14 with 8, 34 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words in CIVILISATION: VIOLINISTIC, for 16 points.
OLIVINITIC tops the 10-letter words made with CIVILISATION letters at 15 points; next comes CILIATIONS on 12.
Of the 34 7-letter words in CIVILISATION, 7 score 12 points, the group's best. ACTIONS, INITIAL and SILICON are the ones most people know.
13 of 60 6-letter words made with CIVILISATION letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. ACTION, CASINO and VISION will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CIVILISATION, 8 score 10 points, the group's best. VISIT, CIVIL and VITAL are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words from CIVILISATION is VACS, 9 points; AVOS and LAVS on 7 follow. COST, ICON and CAST are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words in CIVILISATION, VAC leads with 8 points, then AVO and LAV on 6. CAN, ITS and ACT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CIVILISATION but one, change that one, and you get:
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What CIVILISATION means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CIVILISATION works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIVILISATION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 320) | 253 | 319 | 235 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 66 of them: VOLCANIST, CIVILIST, SILVATIC, VILIACOS, VOLATICS, VILIACO, VOLATIC, CIVILS, CLAVIS, CLOVIS, INCAVI, INCAVO and 54 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: ALTCOINS, ALNICOS, ALTCOIN, COLTANS, COLTAN, ASCON, CALOS, NAVS, VINS, CALS, CLIT, NAV and 6 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: VON.
With one more tile, the letters of CIVILISATION spell the words below.