Unscramble HERBICIDAL and you have 300 words, HERBICIDAL itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. BEDCHAIR is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HERBICIDAL by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 8, 30 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 9 letters.
BIRCHED scores highest among the 7-letter words in HERBICIDAL at 15 points, ahead of CEILIDH and CHAIRED on 13. CALIBER, CARBIDE and CALIBRE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HERBICIDAL is BACHED, 14 points; BICHIR and BLEACH on 13 follow. HERALD, HERBAL and BRIDAL are everyday picks.
6 of 60 5-letter words from HERBICIDAL tie at 12 points; none scores more. CHILD, BEACH and CABLE will look familiar.
BACH and CHIB share the top score of 11 among the 4-letter words in HERBICIDAL. EACH, CARD and HARD are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words made with HERBICIDAL letters; 8 of them share the top score of 8. HAD, CAR and BAD are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of HERBICIDAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with HE · ending in AL · all 10-letter words
The meaning of HERBICIDAL, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HERBICIDAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HERBICIDAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 300) | 239 | 300 | 220 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BICHIR, CHALDER, CHILDER, CHIRLED, BIACH, BLAHED, DIARCH, RICHED, ARCHEI, CHIB, DECARB, ERIACH and 49 more, 61 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CEILIDH, BLECH, BLAHER, ARCHI, CABLER, DEHAIR, RAILBED, BALDIE, BLADER, BRIDIE, CHAI, ABLED and 7 more, 19 in all.