393 words come out when you unscramble ELUCIDATION, starting with ELUCIDATION itself: 14 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 6 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ELUCIDATION split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 14 with 9, 39 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 37 with 2.
The 10-letter words in ELUCIDATION come to 2, each scoring 13 points.
Of the 14 9-letter words made with ELUCIDATION letters, 11 score 12 points, the group's best. EDUCATION, IDENTICAL and CAUTIONED are the ones most people know.
Among 39 8-letter words you get when you unscramble ELUCIDATION, the top score is 11, reached by 26. INDICATE, OUTLINED and AUDITION are the familiar ones.
41 of 60 7-letter words from ELUCIDATION tie at 10 points; none scores more. INCLUDE, LOCATED and AUCTION will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words in ELUCIDATION, 45 score 9 points, the group's best. ACTION, CANDLE and COATED are the ones most people know.
46 of 60 5-letter words made with ELUCIDATION letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. DANCE, CLOUD and CITED will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ELUCIDATION, the top score is 7, reached by 28. CODE, COLD and ACID are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 3-letter words from ELUCIDATION tie at 6 points; none scores more. CAN, END and OLD will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of ELUCIDATION, with one letter different:
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ELUCIDATION first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ELUCIDATION 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELUCIDATION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 393) | 327 | 393 | 298 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
66 of the 393 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DIANOETIC, DIACTINE, INDUCIAE, OCULATED, UNCOLTED, CANTLED, CLAUTED, COTLAND, DOUCINE, DULCITE, DULOTIC, ENCLOUD and 54 more. 29 of the 393 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: INDUCTILE, UNLOCATED, ACTIONED, CLEANOUT, DULCIAN, ALTCOIN, CNIDAE, COULDA, DACITE, DECANI, TAENIOID, UNICED and 17 more.
These 2 words take every letter of ELUCIDATION plus a single extra one.