Unscramble CURLICUED to get 135 words. CURLICUED itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
C34U12R1L12I1C34U12E1D2
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from CURLICUED by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 8 with 6, 27 with 5, 53 with 4, 34 with 3 and 9 with 2.
CURLICUE is the only one of the 8-letter words in CURLICUED; it scores 12 points.
Among the 5-letter words from CURLICUED, CERCI and CERIC tie for first at 9 points. RULED, CRUDE and CRIED are everyday picks.
Among 53 4-letter words from CURLICUED, the top score is 7, reached by 10. RULE, RIDE and RICE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CURLICUED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CU · ending in ED · all 9-letter words
What CURLICUED means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CURLICUED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CURLICUED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 135) | 107 | 135 | 102 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 28 of them: ERUCIC, CLIED, CLUIER, DRICE, CIDE, CURLI, CID, CIEL, CIRL, CRUE, ERIC, ICER and 16 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: LUCIDER, DULCE, CRED, CRU and LUD.