Unscramble DEICIDAL and you have 110 words, DEICIDAL itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
D2E1I1C34I1D2A1L12
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DEICIDAL split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 25 with 5, 38 with 4, 26 with 3 and 13 with 2.
CLADDIE is the only one of the 7-letter words made with DEICIDAL letters; it scores 11 points.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DEICIDAL are led by CIDED, DECAD and DICED, 9 points each. IDEAL, AIDED and DECAL are the familiar ones.
Of the 38 4-letter words from DEICIDAL, 12 score 7 points, the group's best. LEAD, IDEA and DEAL are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DEICIDAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DE · ending in AL · all 8-letter words
What DEICIDAL means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DEICIDAL is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEICIDAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 110) | 88 | 110 | 85 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
22 of the 110 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLADDIE, CIDED, DECAD, CADIE, CALID, CLIED, DAIDLE, LAIDED, CIDE, DALED, ECAD, CID and 10 more. 3 of the 110 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CEILI, CAL and DA.