Unscramble GEOGRAPHICAL and you have 364 words, GEOGRAPHICAL itself among them: it scores 21 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
G23E1O1G23R1A1P34H43I1C34A1L12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from GEOGRAPHICAL by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 1 with 10, 7 with 9, 22 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2.
There is a single one of the 11-letter words made with GEOGRAPHICAL letters: ARCHIPELAGO, 19 points.
GEOGRAPHIC is the only one of the 10-letter words in GEOGRAPHICAL; it scores 19 points.
AGRAPHIC tops the 8-letter words from GEOGRAPHICAL at 16 points; next come ORPHICAL and PARHELIC on 15.
GRAPHIC scores highest among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble GEOGRAPHICAL at 15 points, ahead of ACALEPH and CHARPAI on 14. REPLICA, GLACIER and CALORIE are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words from GEOGRAPHICAL; 17 of them share the top score of 13. CHARGE, CHAPEL and CHORAL are everyday picks.
13 of 60 5-letter words in GEOGRAPHICAL tie at 12 points; none scores more. CHEAP, CHAIR and REACH will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with GEOGRAPHICAL letters, 5 score 11 points, the group's best. HELP, EACH and HOPE are the ones most people know.
18 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble GEOGRAPHICAL tie at 8 points; none scores more. CAR, PIC and HIP will look familiar.
Keep every letter of GEOGRAPHICAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with GE · ending in AL · all 12-letter words
What GEOGRAPHICAL means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GEOGRAPHICAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEOGRAPHICAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 364) | 292 | 362 | 255 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 72 of them: PHACELIA, RHOPALIC, CHARPIE, EPAGOGIC, PILCHER, RAPLOCH, APOGAEIC, CHIGGA, EPOCHA, GALOCHE, HALICORE, PHAEIC and 60 more. Words With Friends* skips 36 of them: EPARCHIAL, GEOPHAGIA, PARAGOGIC, GEORGICAL, ACHIRAL, CAPOEIRA, GACHER, CHAGA, CRAPOLA, GELCAP, POLICER, ARCHI and 24 more. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: HARELIP. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: CRIP.