Unscramble CLIPPIES to get 98 words. CLIPPIES itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
C34L12I1P34P34I1E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from CLIPPIES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 6 with 6, 23 with 5, 35 with 4, 24 with 3 and 7 with 2.
CIPPI scores highest among the 5-letter words from CLIPPIES at 11 points, ahead of CLIPE and CLIPS on 9. SPICE, PIPES and SLICE are the ones most people know.
Among 35 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CLIPPIES, the top score is 8, reached by 11. PICS, CLIP and LIES are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CLIPPIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CL · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 6 strongest answers mean; SPLICE (10 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CLIPPIES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLIPPIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 98) | 74 | 98 | 71 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLIPPIES, CLIPPIE, CIPPI, LIPPIES, CLIPES, LIPPIE, SIPPLE, CLIPE, PEPSI, PIPIS, ILICES, PIPI and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CEILIS, CEILI and LIPE, 3 in all.