Unscramble CORBICULA to get 209 words. CORBICULA itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is CARBOLIC, 14 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CORBICULA by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 9 with 7, 21 with 6, 47 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with CORBICULA letters: CARBOLIC, for 14 points.
Among 47 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CORBICULA, the top score is 11, reached by 5. LABOR, OCCUR and CAROL are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 4-letter words made with CORBICULA letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. CLUB, ORAL and RAIL will look familiar.
Of the 54 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CORBICULA, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. CAR, AIR and OIL are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CORBICULA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CO · ending in LA · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CARBOLIC (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. CORBICULA is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORBICULA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 209) | 166 | 209 | 150 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BRACCIO, COBRIC, CUBICA, BACCO, BOCCA, CABOC, ACCOIL, CABRIO, COUCAL, COARB, COURB, CRAIC and 31 more, 43 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BORICUA, RUCOLA, CAURI, RUBLI, ACRO, BIRO, CRIA, RABI, CAL, CRU, LOC, OBA and 4 more, 16 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of CORBICULA spell the words below.