Unscramble CYCLOPEDIA and you have 283 words, CYCLOPEDIA itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CYCLOPEDIA by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 7 with 8, 12 with 7, 53 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in CYCLOPEDIA: PEDOCALIC, 16 points.
Among the 6-letter words from CYCLOPEDIA, CLYPED and CYCLED tie for first at 14 points. POLICY, POLICE and PLACED are everyday picks.
PICCY scores highest among the 5-letter words made with CYCLOPEDIA letters at 14 points, ahead of CYCAD on 13 and ACCOY on 12. PLACE, DAILY and CYCLE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CYCLOPEDIA, the top score is 11, reached by 4. CODE, PLAY and COPY are the familiar ones.
11 of 60 3-letter words from CYCLOPEDIA tie at 8 points; none scores more. DAY, PAY and ICE will look familiar.
Trade one tile of CYCLOPEDIA for another and you can spell these 3 words:
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Here is what the 7 strongest answers mean; DELICACY, PEDOCALIC and POLYADIC (16 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CYCLOPEDIA, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYCLOPEDIA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 283) | 221 | 283 | 202 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 62 of them: ACCLOYED, CACOEPY, CALYCOID, POLYACID, ACCOYED, ACCOYLD, CLYPED, PICCY, ACCLOY, ACCOIED, ACCOY, CLYPE and 50 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: POLYADIC, COPAY, DOPILY, PACEY, COADY, PACY, YCLAD, PLOYE, LIPOED, COPI, DEP, APO and 7 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of CYCLOPEDIA and one more.