131 words come out when you unscramble GARLICKY, starting with GARLICKY itself: 18 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is RICKLY, 15 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from GARLICKY by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 6, 16 with 5, 59 with 4, 38 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 7 letters.
CAKY, ICKY and YACK share the top score of 13 among the 4-letter words from GARLICKY. GIRL, LACK and GRAY are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of GARLICKY for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with GA · ending in KY · all 8-letter words
What GARLICKY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GARLICKY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARLICKY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 131) | 106 | 131 | 94 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RICKLY, YARK, YIRK, GLAIK, CRAY, KY, RICY, CLY, CRAIG, GAK, GYAL, KALI and 13 more, 25 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: KRAY, LYCRA, ACK, KRAI, LAIRY, YAG, CIG, CRIA, KI, CAL, GI and RAI, 12 in all.
This word takes every letter of GARLICKY plus a single extra one.