Unscramble CYCLUS to get 7 words. CYCLUS itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. It has 6 letters, 1 vowel and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from CYCLUS by length: 1 with 6 letters, 1 with 4, 3 with 3 and 2 with 2. None has 5 letters.
There is a single one of the 4-letter words made with CYCLUS letters: SCUL, 6 points.
Trade one tile of CYCLUS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 6-letter words: starting with CY · ending in US · all 6-letter words
In Scrabble, yes: CYCLUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYCLUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 7) | 2 | 7 | 2 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CYCLUS, CLY, SCUL, YUS and YU, 5 in all.