Unscramble LINCRUSTA and you have 300 words, LINCRUSTA itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 10: 8 of them, CURTAINS, LUNATICS and CISLUNAR included. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from LINCRUSTA by length: 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 8, 29 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Of the 29 7-letter words in LINCRUSTA, 22 score 9 points, the group's best. CURTAIN, RITUALS and LUNATIC are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words from LINCRUSTA, the top score is 8, reached by 58. CITRUS, RACIST and CAIRNS are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LINCRUSTA scores 7. CARTS, CRUST and INCUR are everyday picks.
47 of 60 4-letter words made with LINCRUSTA letters tie at 6 points; none scores more. CART, CARS and ANTI will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble LINCRUSTA, the top score is 5, reached by 16. CAN, ITS and CAR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of LINCRUSTA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with LI · ending in TA · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CISLUNAR, CURTAILS, CURTAINS, LUNATICS, RUSTICAL and SULTANIC (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts LINCRUSTA, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINCRUSTA itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 300) | 222 | 300 | 202 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 78 of them: LINCRUSTA, SATURNIC, TURACINS, ANICUTS, CRUSIAN, NAUTICS, TRUCIAL, TURACIN, UNCARTS, URTICAS, ANICUT, ARTICS and 66 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: LINCTUS, TRUNCAL, CAURIS, CUNITS, UNCAST, CAURI, CLITS, CRIAS, CRITS, CUNIT, SCRAN, CALS and 8 more.
These 5 words take every letter of LINCRUSTA plus a single extra one.