Unscramble ELUCIDATES and you have 345 words, ELUCIDATES itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from ELUCIDATES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 13 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ELUCIDATES; 26 of them share the top score of 10. DETAILS, EDUCATE and ELASTIC are everyday picks.
38 of 60 6-letter words from ELUCIDATES tie at 9 points; none scores more. CAUSED, CASTLE and CLAUSE will look familiar.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ELUCIDATES; 45 of them share the top score of 8. CAUSE, CITED and ACUTE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words from ELUCIDATES, 24 score 7 points, the group's best. CASE, DISC and CAST are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in ELUCIDATES, CAD, CID and CUD tie for first at 6 points. ACT, DUE and CUT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of ELUCIDATES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with EL · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DELICATES (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ELUCIDATES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELUCIDATES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 345) | 273 | 345 | 249 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
72 of the 345 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AEDICULES, CELSITUDE, AEDICULE, CAULDEST, DULCITES, ACIDEST, CLAUTED, DELICES, DULCITE, SCAILED, SCEDULE, SCLATED and 60 more. 24 of the 345 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LUCIDEST, DACITES, DESCALE, AUDITEES, CISTED, DACITE, DULCES, LUCITES, AUDITEE, CUEIST, DUALISE, DULCE and 12 more.
These 2 words take every letter of ELUCIDATES plus a single extra one.