317 words come out when you unscramble IDEOLOGICALLY, starting with IDEOLOGICALLY itself: 20 in Scrabble, 24 in Words With Friends. The 13 letters split into 6 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from IDEOLOGICALLY by length: 1 with 13 letters, 1 with 11, 7 with 9, 10 with 8, 30 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2. None has 12 or 10 letters.
There is a single one of the 11-letter words made with IDEOLOGICALLY letters: IDEOLOGICAL, 15 points.
ECOLOGY and IDYLLIC share the top score of 13 among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble IDEOLOGICALLY. ILLEGAL, LOGICAL and LOCALLY are the ones most people know.
Among the 6-letter words from IDEOLOGICALLY, COYDOG leads with 13 points, then ACIDLY and CAGILY on 12. CALLED, LEGACY and DIALOG are the familiar ones.
CADGY tops the 5-letter words in IDEOLOGICALLY at 12 points; next come ACIDY and CAGEY on 11. DAILY, DELAY and YIELD will look familiar.
CAGY scores highest among the 4-letter words made with IDEOLOGICALLY letters at 10 points, ahead of ACYL and CLAY on 9. CODE, COLD and ACID are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble IDEOLOGICALLY tie at 8 points; none scores more. DAY, GAY and AGE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of IDEOLOGICALLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with ID · ending in LY · all 13-letter words
IDEOLOGICALLY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept IDEOLOGICALLY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEOLOGICALLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 317) | 259 | 314 | 241 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CALIOLOGY, CLODLY, DOOLALLY, DAYGLO, YCLED, CLOYE, CODILLA, CODILLE, COLEY, EGALLY, ELLAGIC, EYLIAD and 46 more, 58 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: COADY, YCLAD, CELLY, GLACED, GELLY, GOOLY, ALCOOL, LOGOED, YAGE, CLEG, YAG, CIG and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: COOLY, COOLIE and GOY, 3 in all.