Unscramble METICALS to get 272 words. METICALS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. METICALS has 3 anagrams here, CALMIEST, CLEMATIS and CLIMATES, scoring 12 like METICALS itself. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from METICALS by length: 4 with 8 letters, 16 with 7, 49 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
20 of 49 6-letter words you get when you unscramble METICALS tie at 10 points; none scores more. CLAIMS, CASTLE and EMAILS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from METICALS, 21 score 9 points, the group's best. EMAIL, ITEMS and CLAIM are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble METICALS, the top score is 8, reached by 14. MAIL, ITEM and CASE are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words from METICALS, CAM, MAC and MIC tie for first at 7 points. ITS, LET and ACT are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of METICALS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with ME · ending in LS · all 8-letter words
METICALS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept METICALS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| METICALS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 272) | 212 | 272 | 193 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 60 of them: CALMIEST, ACMITES, ETACISM, LIMACES, MICATES, ACMITE, CLAMES, MALEIC, MASCLE, MELICS, METICS, MICATE and 48 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: METICAS, METICA, CAMIS, EMICS, CAMI, EMAILS, MICS, CLITS, EMAIL, ETICS, MIC, CALS and 7 more.
These 12 words take every letter of METICALS plus a single extra one.