207 words come out when you unscramble CRYPTICAL, starting with CRYPTICAL itself: 18 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is CAPRYLIC, 17 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CRYPTICAL split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 16 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 13 with 2.
CAPRYLIC is the only one of the 8-letter words in CRYPTICAL; it scores 17 points.
Among the 5-letter words from CRYPTICAL, PICCY leads with 14 points, then CRAPY and CRYPT on 12. PARTY, TRIAL and TRAIL are the familiar ones.
PACY and PYIC are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CRYPTICAL, 11 points each. CITY, PART and CART will look familiar.
Of the 58 3-letter words from CRYPTICAL, 10 score 8 points, the group's best. CAR, ART and AIR are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of CRYPTICAL for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with CR · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ACRYLIC, CRYPTAL and TYPICAL (14 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CRYPTICAL, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRYPTICAL itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 207) | 165 | 205 | 150 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 42 of them: CAPRYLIC, PICCY, CRAPY, CLARTY, CLIPART, PARLY, PLACIT, PRATY, PYRAL, TRIPY, YRAPT, CRAIC and 30 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: CRYPTICAL, PACY, LYCRA, TALCY, CAPRI, LAIRY, CLIT, CRIA, CRIT, LIPA, PALI, CAL and 1 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: CRIP and LARP.