Unscramble ELUCIDATE and you have 248 words, ELUCIDATE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ELUCIDATE split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 12 with 7, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
13 of 32 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ELUCIDATE tie at 9 points; none scores more. DETAIL, TAILED and DILUTE will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from ELUCIDATE; 26 of them share the top score of 8. ADULT, DELTA and IDEAL are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ELUCIDATE, 18 score 7 points, the group's best. DATE, DEAL and DIET are the ones most people know.
CAD, CID and CUD are the top 3-letter words from ELUCIDATE, 6 points each. LET, ACT and DUE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ELUCIDATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EL · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DELICATE (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. ELUCIDATE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELUCIDATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 248) | 203 | 248 | 192 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 45 of them: AEDICULE, CLAUTED, DULCITE, CIELED, DELICE, CADEE, CADIE, CALID, CAUTEL, CLIED, DIACT, DILUTEE and 33 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: DACITE, AUDITEE, DULCE, LUCITE, CLIT, CAL, DELT, TEC, LUD, DA and TE.
These 3 words take every letter of ELUCIDATE plus a single extra one.