Unscramble MELANCHOLIC to get 344 words. MELANCHOLIC itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 25 in Words With Friends. CHOLAEMIC is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from MELANCHOLIC split into 1 with 11 letters, 5 with 9, 11 with 8, 53 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2. None has 10 letters.
MACCHIE tops the 7-letter words from MELANCHOLIC at 16 points; next come CALICHE and CHALICE on 14. MACHINE, COCAINE and CONCEAL will look familiar.
CHEMIC scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MELANCHOLIC at 15 points, ahead of CHANCE and CHICLE on 13. INCOME, CHOICE and CANCEL are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words in MELANCHOLIC, the top score is 12, reached by 21. CHINA, CHAIN and COACH are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with MELANCHOLIC letters, 9 score 11 points, the group's best. HOME, EACH and COME are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MELANCHOLIC, the top score is 8, reached by 16. CAN, MAN and MEN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of MELANCHOLIC but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ALCHEMIC, CHEMICAL, COACHMEN and MECHANIC (17 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. MELANCHOLIC 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELANCHOLIC itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 344) | 266 | 343 | 236 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
77 of the 344 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHOLAEMIC, COACHLINE, CHALONIC, CHOLEMIA, MALLECHO, LECHAIM, MALICHO, MANIHOC, MICHAEL, MOCHELL, MOHICAN, CELOMIC and 65 more. 30 of the 344 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CHICA, MOCHI, CHEM, CHOC, MECH, ANCHO, CHOIL, CHOLA, CHOLI, HOLME, HOMIE, LANCH and 18 more. 1 of the 344 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.
These 2 words take every letter of MELANCHOLIC plus a single extra one.