185 words come out when you unscramble LECYTHUS, starting with LECYTHUS itself: 16 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. SLUTCHY is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from LECYTHUS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 20 with 6, 42 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with LECYTHUS letters: SLUTCHY, for 15 points.
42 5-letter words from LECYTHUS; 4 of them share the top score of 13. STYLE, CHEST and CLUES are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LECYTHUS are led by LYCH, YECH and YUCH, 12 points each. SUCH, TECH and THUS are the familiar ones.
Of the 47 3-letter words from LECYTHUS, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. USE, SET and YES are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of LECYTHUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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LECYTHUS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. LECYTHUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LECYTHUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 185) | 134 | 185 | 122 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 51 of them: SLUTCHY, CUSHTY, SCHUYT, LYTHES, CETYLS, HYLES, LUSHY, LYTHE, SLUTCH, SYTHE, CETYL, CHUTS and 39 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: LYCHES, LYCH, CHUSE, TECHS, ECHT, TECH, TECS, TEC, EST, TES, UTE and TE.