Unscramble LIMICOLOUS and you have 171 words, LIMICOLOUS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LIMICOLOUS split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 7, 10 with 6, 41 with 5, 59 with 4, 41 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 9 or 8 letters.
9 of 41 5-letter words from LIMICOLOUS tie at 9 points; none scores more. MUSIC, MILLS and LOCUS will look familiar.
Of the 59 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LIMICOLOUS, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. COOL, SOUL and SOIL are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of LIMICOLOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by LOCOISM and MOLLUSC (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LIMICOLOUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIMICOLOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 171) | 123 | 171 | 106 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LIMICOLOUS, COMUS, COOMS, LOLIUMS, MICOS, SCLIM, COMS, COOM, LIMOUS, LOLIUM, MICO, MOOLIS and 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: COSMO, CUMS, MICS, LOCIS, MIC, SLOMO, LOCS, MUSO, SUMI, LILOS, LOC, MOI and 5 more, 17 in all.