Unscramble ETIOLOGICAL to get 271 words. ETIOLOGICAL itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ETIOLOGIC and COLLIGATE lead with 12 points. 11 letters: 6 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ETIOLOGICAL by length: 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 9, 3 with 8, 18 with 7, 47 with 6, 57 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Of the 47 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ETIOLOGICAL, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. LOCATE, LOCALE and ITALIC are the ones most people know.
5 of 57 5-letter words made with ETIOLOGICAL letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. LOCAL, LEGAL and LOGIC will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ETIOLOGICAL, the top score is 7, reached by 4. CALL, CELL and COOL are the familiar ones.
CAG, CIG and COG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words from ETIOLOGICAL. ALL, GET and GOT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ETIOLOGICAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with ET · ending in AL · all 11-letter words
ETIOLOGICAL first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ETIOLOGICAL works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ETIOLOGICAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 271) | 218 | 270 | 196 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 53 of them: ALGETIC, CATELOG, ELLAGIC, CALIGO, CLOOTIE, GOETIC, TIGLIC, ALLICE, CAGOT, CAILLE, COGIE, CITAL and 41 more. Words With Friends* skips 22 of them: CILIOLATE, GELCOAT, ALCOOL, CEILI, CLEG, GOOLIE, LOCIE, LOOGIE, TELCO, AGLOO, ATIGI, CIG and 10 more. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: COOLIE.
Each word below uses all the letters of ETIOLOGICAL and one more.