Unscramble MATRICLINOUS and you have 454 words, MATRICLINOUS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. LATROCINIUM and TOURMALINIC are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 12 letters: 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from MATRICLINOUS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 11, 10 with 10, 43 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 38 with 2.
Every one of the 2 11-letter words in MATRICLINOUS scores 15.
5 of 10 10-letter words made with MATRICLINOUS letters tie at 14 points; none scores more. SIMULATION and ULTRASONIC will look familiar.
43 9-letter words from MATRICLINOUS; 15 of them share the top score of 13. SIMULATOR, CRIMINALS and COLUMNIST are everyday picks.
37 of 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble MATRICLINOUS tie at 12 points; none scores more. AUCTIONS, CRIMINAL and ROMANTIC will look familiar.
60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble MATRICLINOUS; 54 of them share the top score of 11. MUSICAL, ACTIONS and COLUMNS are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words from MATRICLINOUS come to 60, each scoring 10 points. CUSTOM, CLAIMS and COLUMN are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words in MATRICLINOUS, 46 score 9 points, the group's best. MUSIC, CLAIM and MICRO are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with MATRICLINOUS letters; 21 of them share the top score of 8. CART, CARS and CAST are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MATRICLINOUS, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. CAN, CAR and MAN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MATRICLINOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 7 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by MORALISTIC (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: MATRICLINOUS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATRICLINOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 454) | 370 | 454 | 324 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
84 of the 454 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MATRICLINOUS, LATROCINIUM, TOURMALINIC, CONSIMILAR, MONISTICAL, CROTALISM, CURIALISM, CONARIUM, CROTALUM, LUMINARIST, MICTIONS, MURIATIC and 72 more. 46 of the 454 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ANTIMUSIC, MINACIOUS, NARCOTISM, COMITIAS, MARCONIS, CONSTRUAL, CORIUMS, CUISINART, CULMINA, CURATIONS, LICTORIAN, MARCONI and 34 more.
This word takes every letter of MATRICLINOUS plus a single extra one.