Unscramble CYCLOPIC and you have 47 words, CYCLOPIC itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. CYCLIC is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from CYCLOPIC split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 6, 4 with 5, 16 with 4, 15 with 3 and 9 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Keep every letter of CYCLOPIC but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CY · ending in IC · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CYCLIC (15 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: CYCLOPIC is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYCLOPIC itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 47) | 40 | 47 | 35 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
7 of the 47 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CYCLOPIC, PICCY, OCCY, PIOY, CLY, LOY and IO. 5 of the 47 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: COPI, LIPO, LOC, PO and OI.