Unscramble DULOCRACY to get 192 words. DULOCRACY itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ACCOYLD and CACODYL lead with 15 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2U12L12O1C34R1A1C34Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DULOCRACY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 10 with 6, 43 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 8 letters.
CYCAD tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DULOCRACY at 13 points; next come ACCOY and CYCLO on 12. ROYAL, OCCUR and CLOUD will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words from DULOCRACY, OCCY leads with 11 points, then ACYL and CLAY on 9. CARD, COLD and LADY are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DULOCRACY, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. DAY, CAR and OLD are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DULOCRACY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DU · ending in CY · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CACODYL (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DULOCRACY is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DULOCRACY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 192) | 144 | 192 | 125 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
48 of the 192 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DULOCRACY, ACCOYLD, ACCLOY, ACCOY, CARDY, CRUDY, DARCY, OCCY, COUCAL, YARCO, CRAY, DUROY and 36 more. 19 of the 192 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: COADY, YCLAD, COYAU, LYCRA, ORACY, COULDA, CRUDO, RUCOLA, ACRO, DOULA, RYU, CAL and 7 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of DULOCRACY and one more.