Unscramble GLYPTICS and you have 97 words, GLYPTICS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 1 vowel and 7 consonants.
G23L12Y43P34T1I1C34S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from GLYPTICS split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 1 with 6, 16 with 5, 35 with 4, 35 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in GLYPTICS: GLYPTIC, for 15 points.
There is a single one of the 6-letter words made with GLYPTICS letters: PIGSTY, 12 points.
PYIC tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GLYPTICS at 11 points; next come GYPS on 10 and CITY on 9. LIST, TIPS and PICS will look familiar.
This word has the length of GLYPTICS, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with GL · ending in CS · all 8-letter words
What GLYPTICS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
GLYPTICS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLYPTICS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 97) | 84 | 97 | 76 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 13 of them: GILPY, CLY, TYGS, TYG, CITS, GLITS, CIT, GLIT, LIGS, TIGS, LIG, TIG and 1 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: CIGS, CLITS, CIG, CLIT, PST, GIS, SIG and GI.