Unscramble CONICINE and you have 46 words, CONICINE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ICONIC leads with 10 points. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
C34O1N12I1C34I1N12E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CONICINE by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 4 with 6, 7 with 5, 15 with 4, 9 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Keep every letter of CONICINE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CO · ending in NE · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ICONIC (10 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CONICINE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONICINE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 46) | 37 | 46 | 32 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 9 of them: CONICINE, INCONIE, CONNIE, ECCO, CONNE, ONIE, NIE, NON and IO. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: NEONIC, ECO, INNIE, NONI and OI.
This word takes every letter of CONICINE plus a single extra one.