Unscramble EMPIRICS to get 179 words. EMPIRICS itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. EMPIRICS has 1 anagram here, MISPRICE, scoring 14 like EMPIRICS itself. EMPIRIC, EPICISM and SPERMIC are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from EMPIRICS by length: 2 with 8 letters, 7 with 7, 14 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 37 with 3 and 10 with 2.
CRIMP scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EMPIRICS at 11 points, ahead of CREMS and CREPS on 9. PRICE, CRIME and PRIME are the ones most people know.
22 of 60 4-letter words from EMPIRICS tie at 8 points; none scores more. PICS, RISE and RICE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of EMPIRICS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EM · ending in CS · all 8-letter words
What EMPIRICS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EMPIRICS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMPIRICS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 179) | 144 | 177 | 133 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
35 of the 179 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EPICISM, CIMIERS, CIMIER, IMPIES, SPIRIC, CREMS, CREPS, CRIMS, PREMS, CREM, CRIM, PIERIS and 23 more. 9 of the 179 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EMICS, MERCS, PERCS, MERC, MICS, MIPS, PERC, MIC and MES. 2 of the 179 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIPS and CRIP.
With one more tile, the letters of EMPIRICS spell the words below.