Unscramble GENICALLY and you have 250 words, GENICALLY itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. GLYCINE, CLAYING and GYNECIA are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from GENICALLY split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 19 with 7, 36 with 6, 59 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in GENICALLY: GENIALLY, for 12 points.
CLAYING, GLYCINE and GYNECIA are the top 7-letter words made with GENICALLY letters, 13 points each. CALLING, YELLING and ANGELIC will look familiar.
Of the 36 6-letter words from GENICALLY, 7 score 12 points, the group's best. AGENCY, GLANCE and LEGACY are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GENICALLY, CAGEY leads with 11 points, then CELLY and LACEY on 10. LEGAL, CLEAN and ANGEL are the familiar ones.
CAGY tops the 4-letter words in GENICALLY at 10 points; next come ACYL and CANY on 9. CALL, CELL and NICE will look familiar.
CAY, CLY and ICY share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words made with GENICALLY letters. ALL, CAN and ANY are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of GENICALLY for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with GE · ending in LY · all 9-letter words
What GENICALLY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GENICALLY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GENICALLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 250) | 203 | 250 | 189 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
47 of the 250 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLYING, ALEYING, EGALLY, ELLAGIC, LYNAGE, CANGLE, CANY, GEYAN, GYNAE, ALLICE, ANCILE, CAILLE and 35 more. 14 of the 250 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CELLY, GELLY, GYNIE, LAYIN, NIGELLA, YAGE, CLEG, INCEL, YAG, CIG, CAL, GEAN and 2 more.