Unscramble CRYPTIDS and you have 118 words, CRYPTIDS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 1 vowel and 7 consonants.
C34R1Y43P34T1I1D2S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CRYPTIDS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 7 with 6, 26 with 5, 40 with 4, 34 with 3 and 8 with 2.
26 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CRYPTIDS; 5 of them share the top score of 12. STRIP, TRIPS and DIRTY are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from CRYPTIDS, PYIC leads with 11 points, then CITY and CYST on 9. TIPS, PICS and TRIP are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CRYPTIDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CR · ending in DS · all 8-letter words
The meaning of CRYPTIDS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CRYPTIDS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRYPTIDS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 118) | 93 | 116 | 86 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 25 of them: CYPRIDS, CYPRID, CYPRIS, CYSTID, TRIPY, TRYPS, PRYS, RICY, TRYP, DICTS, CIDS, DICT and 13 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: CRYPTIDS, CRYPTID, CRITS, CRIT and PST. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: CRIPS and CRIP.