Unscramble FILICIDAL to get 63 words. FILICIDAL itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CALIF leads with 10 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from FILICIDAL split into 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 6, 11 with 5, 19 with 4, 17 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 8 or 7 letters.
Trade one tile of FILICIDAL for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with FI · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CALIF (10 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
FILICIDAL is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FILICIDAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 63) | 50 | 61 | 46 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FILICIDAL, CALLID, CALID, FILII, ILIACI, ILLIAD, CID, CILL, DILLI, DALI and DI, 11 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CAF, DIF, CAL and DA, 4 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALF and FI, 2 in all.