Unscramble ELUCIDATING and you have 370 words, ELUCIDATING itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
E1L12U12C34I1D2A1T1I1N12G23
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ELUCIDATING split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 8 with 9, 28 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2.
The best of the 10-letter words in ELUCIDATING is CINGULATED, 14 points; UNCILIATED on 13 follows.
EDUCATING scores highest among the 9-letter words made with ELUCIDATING letters at 13 points, ahead of ACIDULENT and CINGULATE on 12. IDENTICAL and DETAILING are the ones most people know.
28 8-letter words from ELUCIDATING; 4 of them share the top score of 12. INDICATE, GUIDANCE and AUDITING are everyday picks.
Among 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ELUCIDATING, the top score is 11, reached by 12. DIGITAL, INCLUDE and EDITING are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 6-letter words in ELUCIDATING tie at 10 points; none scores more. CLIENT, ACTING and GLANCE will look familiar.
CADGE and CAGED share the top score of 9 among the 5-letter words made with ELUCIDATING letters. DANCE, CLEAN and CITED are the ones most people know.
22 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ELUCIDATING tie at 7 points; none scores more. ACID, CENT and AGED will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words from ELUCIDATING, the top score is 6, reached by 5. CAN, GET and END are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ELUCIDATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with EL · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EDUCATING and UNCILIATED (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ELUCIDATING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELUCIDATING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 370) | 301 | 370 | 274 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 68 of them: CINGULATED, CAUDLING, DECALING, CANGLED, CLAUTING, CLUDGIE, DIACTINE, DICTING, GENTILIC, INDUCIAE, ALGETIC, ALGINIC and 56 more. Words With Friends* skips 28 of them: INDUCTILE, LINGUICA, ADULTING, DULCIAN, GLACED, CNIDAE, DACITE, DEALIGN, DECANI, DUETING, UNICED, CENTAI and 16 more. Scrabble US skips 1 of them: CUNT.