Unscramble HELIOTROPICAL and you have 433 words, HELIOTROPICAL itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The 13 letters split into 6 vowels and 7 consonants.
H43E1L12I1O1T1R1O1P34I1C34A1L12
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from HELIOTROPICAL split into 1 with 13 letters, 4 with 11, 8 with 10, 24 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 36 with 2. None has 12 letters.
Every one of the 4 11-letter words in HELIOTROPICAL scores 18.
Among 8 10-letter words made with HELIOTROPICAL letters, the top score is 17, reached by 5.
Of the 24 9-letter words from HELIOTROPICAL, 7 score 16 points, the group's best. POLITICAL and PICTORIAL are the ones most people know.
Among 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble HELIOTROPICAL, the top score is 15, reached by 19. PARTICLE, ELLIPTIC and PLETHORA are the familiar ones.
60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble HELIOTROPICAL; 23 of them share the top score of 14. CHAPTER, ALCOHOL and ETHICAL are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words from HELIOTROPICAL, 21 score 13 points, the group's best. CHAPEL, COHORT and CHALET are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words in HELIOTROPICAL; 17 of them share the top score of 12. CHEAP, CHAIR and PATCH are everyday picks.
5 of 60 4-letter words made with HELIOTROPICAL letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. HELP, EACH and TECH will look familiar.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HELIOTROPICAL; 19 of them share the top score of 8. CAR, HOT and ACT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of HELIOTROPICAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with HE · ending in AL · all 13-letter words
Short meanings for the 3 highest-scoring answers, starting with PALEOLITHIC (18 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
HELIOTROPICAL 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HELIOTROPICAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 433) | 348 | 431 | 311 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
85 of the 433 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HELIOTROPICAL, ORTHOEPICAL, PLETHORICAL, ARCTOPHILE, CARTOPHILE, OLEOPHILIC, PROTHALLIC, ARCTOPHIL, COPROLITH, PHACOLITE, CHAPTREL, HAPLITIC and 73 more. 37 of the 433 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PALEOLITHIC, PHOTOCALL, CHIPOTLE, PHORETIC, CHIPLET, OPHIOLITE, PALEOLITH, ORCHILLA, POTHOLER, CIPAILLE, ECOTOPIA, POLICIER and 25 more. 2 of the 433 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: HARELIP and CHOLO.