Unscramble EPIDICTIC to get 65 words. EPIDICTIC itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
E1P34I1D2I1C34T1I1C34
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EPIDICTIC by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 5 with 6, 6 with 5, 20 with 4, 22 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in EPIDICTIC: DEICTIC, for 12 points.
Keep every letter of EPIDICTIC but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EP · ending in IC · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DEICTIC and PECTIC (12 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: EPIDICTIC is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPIDICTIC itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 65) | 53 | 65 | 48 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EPIDICTIC, TICED, CIDE, DICT, CID, PIET, TICE, CIT, DEI, IDE, TID and DI, 12 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TICCED, PEDI, DEP, TEC and TE, 5 in all.
This word takes every letter of EPIDICTIC plus a single extra one.