226 words come out when you unscramble ICTERICAL, starting with ICTERICAL itself: 13 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CRITICAL leads with 12 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ICTERICAL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 8 with 7, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 16 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with ICTERICAL letters: CRITICAL, 12 points.
16 of 32 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ICTERICAL tie at 10 points; none scores more. RETAIL, CIRCLE and ITALIC will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from ICTERICAL, 8 score 9 points, the group's best. CLEAR, LATER and ALERT are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words in ICTERICAL, CECA leads with 8 points, then ACER and ACRE on 6. CARE, RATE and CART are the familiar ones.
13 of 48 3-letter words made with ICTERICAL letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, CAR and ART will look familiar.
Trade one tile of ICTERICAL for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with IC · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
ICTERICAL first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: ICTERICAL is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ICTERICAL itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 226) | 191 | 225 | 177 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
34 of the 226 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CREATIC, ACCITE, CRAIC, TICCA, TARCEL, ARTIC, CITAL, CLART, ICTAL, LACET, RECAL, ACER and 22 more. 14 of the 226 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ICTERICAL, CERCAL, TALCIER, CEILI, RECIT, CERT, CLIT, CRIA, CRIT, CAL, TEC, ARIE and 2 more. 1 of the 226 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 4 words take every letter of ICTERICAL plus a single extra one.