Unscramble IDIOTCIES to get 199 words. IDIOTCIES itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from IDIOTCIES split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 7, 18 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with IDIOTCIES letters: IDIOCIES, for 11 points.
17 of 45 5-letter words you get when you unscramble IDIOTCIES tie at 8 points; none scores more. CODES, CITED and DISCO will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from IDIOTCIES, the top score is 7, reached by 14. SITE, DOES and CODE are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words in IDIOTCIES, CID, COD and DOC tie for first at 6 points. ITS, SET and DIE are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of IDIOTCIES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with ID · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by IDIOCIES (11 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
IDIOTCIES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDIOTCIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 199) | 155 | 199 | 142 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: IDIOTCIES, COTISED, CODIST, CIDES, COSED, COTISE, DICTS, OECIST, TICED, CIDE, CIDS, COITS and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CISTED, ETICS, ECOS, TECS, DESI, ECO, SOC, TEC, EDS, EST, TES, OI and 1 more, 13 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of IDIOTCIES plus a single extra one.