Unscramble MERITOCRACY and you have 310 words, MERITOCRACY itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from MERITOCRACY by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 4 with 9, 7 with 8, 27 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words made with MERITOCRACY letters: CRYOMETRIC, for 19 points.
MYCOTIC tops the 7-letter words from MERITOCRACY at 16 points; next come CERAMIC and COMATIC on 13. CORRECT, CREATOR and EROTICA will look familiar.
OCCAMY scores highest among the 6-letter words in MERITOCRACY at 15 points, ahead of CECITY and COMITY on 13. EROTIC, ATOMIC and METRIC are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 5-letter words made with MERITOCRACY letters tie at 12 points; none scores more. CRIME, CARRY and CREAM will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MERITOCRACY, CYMA, CYME and OCCY tie for first at 11 points. CITY, COME and CAME are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words from MERITOCRACY, MYC leads with 10 points, then CAY and COY on 8. MAY, CAR and ACT are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of MERITOCRACY for another and you can spell these 4 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with ME · ending in CY · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by MYCOTIC (16 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
MERITOCRACY works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERITOCRACY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 310) | 232 | 310 | 207 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 78 of them: CRYOMETRIC, EMICTORY, OCCAMY, ETYMIC, RETIRACY, ACCOY, COMICE, RECCY, CARRECT, CRAYER, CREATIC, MATRICE and 66 more. Words With Friends* skips 25 of them: CARRYCOT, MICROCAR, CECITY, MORTICER, CRYER, MATRIC, METICA, MYC, OCICAT, ORACY, CAMI, CAMO and 13 more.