Unscramble CYCLICALS to get 82 words. CYCLICALS itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
C34Y43C34L12I1C34A1L12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CYCLICALS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 16 with 5, 26 with 4, 22 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with CYCLICALS letters: CYCLICAL, for 17 points.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in CYCLICALS: ACYCLIC, 16 points.
Keep every letter of CYCLICALS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CY · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
What CYCLICALS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. CYCLICALS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYCLICALS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 82) | 74 | 82 | 70 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
8 of the 82 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCALLY, CLY, CILLS, SCAIL, CILL, SAIC, ALLIS and SAI. 4 of the 82 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CALS, YAS, CAL and LIAS.