Unscramble CYCLUSES to get 72 words. CYCLUSES itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CYCLES and CYCLUS lead with 13 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
C34Y43C34L12U12S1E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CYCLUSES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 6, 15 with 5, 26 with 4, 21 with 3 and 5 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Trade one tile of CYCLUSES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with CY · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The 7 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CYCLES (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts CYCLUSES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYCLUSES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 72) | 48 | 72 | 47 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
24 of the 72 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CYCLUSES, CYCLUS, LECCY, CLUEY, SCYES, SUCCES, SCYE, CLY, SLEYS, SCULS, SCUSE, SEYS and 12 more. 1 of the 72 answers is missing from Words With Friends*: SUS.