Unscramble LIGNICOLOUS to get 309 words. LIGNICOLOUS itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from LIGNICOLOUS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 9, 12 with 8, 34 with 7, 59 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Of the 34 7-letter words from LIGNICOLOUS, 14 score 10 points, the group's best. CLOSING, COOLING and SILICON are the ones most people know.
59 6-letter words you get when you unscramble LIGNICOLOUS; 17 of them share the top score of 9. LOSING, COUSIN and CONSUL are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words from LIGNICOLOUS, 13 score 8 points, the group's best. LOGIC, LOGOS and COINS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in LIGNICOLOUS; 5 of them share the top score of 7. LONG, SIGN and LOGO are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words made with LIGNICOLOUS letters are led by CIG and COG, 6 points each. SUN, LOG and OIL are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of LIGNICOLOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ILLOGICS, ISOGONIC, SCULLING, SCUNGILI and SLUICING (11 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LIGNICOLOUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIGNICOLOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 309) | 236 | 308 | 211 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
72 of the 309 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LIGNICOLOUS, COLLINGS, COOLINGS, CULLINGS, COLLING, COOINGS, SOUCING, CLOISON, COSING, GILLIONS, SCOLION, ULICONS and 60 more. 25 of the 309 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SCUNGILI, LOCING, OLINGOS, CIGS, LINGOS, LOCIS, LOGINS, LOGONS, OLINGO, CIG, LOCS, LOGIN and 13 more. 1 of the 309 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLI.
This word takes every letter of LIGNICOLOUS plus a single extra one.