Unscramble ECDYSIAST and you have 258 words, ECDYSIAST itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CYSTIDS, ECDYSIS and EDACITY lead with 13 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ECDYSIAST split into 1 with 9 letters, 14 with 7, 40 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 8 letters.
The 6-letter words made with ECDYSIAST letters are led by CYSTID and DECAYS, 12 points each. STAYED, STEADY and CADETS are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 5-letter words from ECDYSIAST tie at 11 points; none scores more. CASES, ESSAY and CITED will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ECDYSIAST, the top score is 9, reached by 6. CITY, DAYS and CASE are the familiar ones.
CAY and ICY are the top 3-letter words made with ECDYSIAST letters, 8 points each. ITS, DAY and YES will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ECDYSIAST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EC · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ECDYSIS and EDACITY (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ECDYSIAST 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECDYSIAST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 258) | 190 | 258 | 175 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CYSTIDS, CYSTID, CYTASES, CYTASE, ACIDEST, CYTES, SCYES, ASEITY, CADIES, CASTED, CYTE, DIACTS and 56 more, 68 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DACITES, SAYEDS, CISTED, DACITE, SAYED, EYASS, ETICS, YAS, TEC, DAS, EDS, ATS and 3 more, 15 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of ECDYSIAST spell the words below.