238 words come out when you unscramble DICACODYLS, starting with DICACODYLS itself: 19 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is DICACODYL, 18 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DICACODYLS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 10 with 7, 21 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in DICACODYLS: DICACODYL, for 18 points.
Among the 6-letter words from DICACODYLS, CYCADS leads with 14 points, then ACCLOY and ACCOYS on 13. SOCIAL and CALICO are the familiar ones.
CYCAD tops the 5-letter words made with DICACODYLS letters at 13 points; next come ACCOY and CADDY on 12. DAILY, CISCO and ACIDS will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DICACODYLS is OCCY, 11 points; ACYL and ADDY on 9 follow. DAYS, COLD and DISC are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words from DICACODYLS, the top score is 8, reached by 4. DAY, ADD and DID are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DICACODYLS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DI · ending in LS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CACODYLS and CYCLOIDS (16 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts DICACODYLS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DICACODYLS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 238) | 190 | 238 | 176 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DICACODYLS, DICACODYL, CALYCOID, ACCOYLD, ACCLOYS, ACCLOY, ACCOYS, ACCOY, DYSODIL, ACCOILS, OCCY, SCODY and 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: COADY, YCLAD, LADDY, CALOS, LOCIS, CALS, YAS, CAL, LOC, SOC, DAS, ODA and 2 more, 14 in all.