Unscramble HYPERCRITICAL and you have 408 words, HYPERCRITICAL itself among them: it scores 25 in Scrabble and 27 in Words With Friends. HYPERCRITIC and PHYLACTERIC are the best of the shorter words, at 23 points. 13 letters: 4 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from HYPERCRITICAL split into 1 with 13 letters, 3 with 11, 2 with 10, 17 with 9, 57 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2. None has 12 letters.
Among the 11-letter words in HYPERCRITICAL, HYPERCRITIC and PHYLACTERIC tie for first at 23 points.
Among the 10-letter words made with HYPERCRITICAL letters, PERITRICHA leads with 17 points, then RECTRICIAL on 14.
Among 57 8-letter words you get when you unscramble HYPERCRITICAL, the top score is 18, reached by 10. PRACTICE, CRITICAL and CRITERIA are the familiar ones.
60 7-letter words made with HYPERCRITICAL letters; 4 of them share the top score of 17. CHAPTER, THERAPY and TYPICAL are everyday picks.
10 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble HYPERCRITICAL tie at 16 points; none scores more. ACCEPT, CHERRY and CHAPEL will look familiar.
The best of the 5-letter words from HYPERCRITICAL is YECCH, 15 points; PICCY on 14 and CHARY on 13 follow. CHEAP, PATCH and HARRY are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words in HYPERCRITICAL, 5 score 12 points, the group's best. HELP, CITY and EACH are the ones most people know.
HYP tops the 3-letter words made with HYPERCRITICAL letters at 11 points; next come HAY and HEY on 9. PAY, HIT and PIC will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HYPERCRITICAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with HY · ending in AL · all 13-letter words
What HYPERCRITICAL means, then the 6 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. HYPERCRITICAL is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYPERCRITICAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 408) | 331 | 408 | 303 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 77 of them: PHYLACTERIC, CYCLEPATH, PHYLACTIC, ARCHITYPE, CHAPELRY, PATCHERY, PEACHILY, PETCHARY, CAPRYLIC, CHEAPY, CHYPRE, CLERICITY and 65 more. Words With Friends* skips 28 of them: CATCHILY, CRYPTICAL, PERITRICHA, CAPICHE, PERITRICH, PRECARITY, PYRITICAL, YACHTIE, CHIPLET, PRICILY, CECITY, HAIRILY and 16 more.