Unscramble DACTYLICS and you have 216 words, DACTYLICS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DACTYLIC leads with 16 points. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DACTYLICS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 15 with 6, 59 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 18 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in DACTYLICS: DACTYLIC, 16 points.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DACTYLICS, CYCADS leads with 14 points, then CYSTIC on 13 and ACIDLY on 12. DISTAL and LACTIC are the familiar ones.
CYCAD tops the 5-letter words from DACTYLICS at 13 points; next come CYCAS on 12 and ACIDY on 11. DAILY, ACIDS and DAISY will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DACTYLICS, the top score is 9, reached by 6. CITY, SAID and DAYS are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words from DACTYLICS, CAY, CLY and ICY tie for first at 8 points. ITS, DAY and SAY are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of DACTYLICS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DA · ending in CS · all 9-letter words
What DACTYLICS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DACTYLICS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DACTYLICS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 216) | 174 | 216 | 164 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 42 of them: CYSTID, DIACTS, DISCAL, DIYAS, TICCA, CALID, CITALS, CLY, DIACT, DICTS, DIYA, YADS and 30 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: YCLAD, TALCY, CLITS, CALS, CLIT, YAS, CAL, DAS, ATS and DA.