Unscramble CLIPES and you have 77 words, CLIPES itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 10 points: SPLICE. It has 6 letters, 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CLIPES by length: 2 with 6 letters, 16 with 5, 30 with 4, 22 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Of the 30 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CLIPES, 7 score 8 points, the group's best. PICS, CLIP and LIES are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CLIPES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with CL · ending in ES · all 6-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SPLICE (10 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CLIPES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLIPES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 77) | 63 | 77 | 62 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 14 of them: CLIPES, CLIPE, CIELS, CLIES, LIPES, CIEL, LEPS, PELS, PISE, SPIE, LEP, PEL and 2 more. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: LIPE.
These 12 words take every letter of CLIPES plus a single extra one.