Unscramble EPICUREAN and you have 250 words, EPICUREAN itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 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 EPICUREAN split into 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 7, 41 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Of the 41 6-letter words made with EPICUREAN letters, 17 score 10 points, the group's best. RECIPE, PRINCE and PIERCE are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from EPICUREAN; 22 of them share the top score of 9. PRICE, PEACE and PIECE are everyday picks.
13 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EPICUREAN tie at 8 points; none scores more. CARE, NICE and PAIN will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from EPICUREAN, 6 score 7 points, the group's best. ARE, CAN and CAR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of EPICUREAN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EP · ending in AN · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CAPRINE, EPICURE, EUPNEIC and PURANIC (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EPICUREAN, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPICUREAN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 250) | 192 | 249 | 179 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PERCINE, PRAUNCE, PAUNCE, PEARCE, PERCEN, PICENE, PIECEN, PREACE, UNCAPE, CINEREA, PANCE, PERCE and 46 more, 58 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PACIER, CAPRI, PANEER, PERC, UNPAIR, CAURI, PAREN, CRIA, PERE, CRU, URP and RAI, 12 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIP.
This word takes every letter of EPICUREAN plus a single extra one.