Unscramble MICROCODE and you have 191 words, MICROCODE itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from MICROCODE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 8 with 7, 20 with 6, 38 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 8 letters.
COMIC tops the 5-letter words from MICROCODE at 11 points; next come CODEC and DEMIC on 10. CRIME, MICRO and DECOR will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MICROCODE, 12 score 8 points, the group's best. MORE, CODE and ROOM are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MICROCODE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MI · ending in DE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; COMEDIC (14 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. MICROCODE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MICROCODE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 191) | 141 | 191 | 130 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COMICE, COOMED, COOMIER, CRIMED, CROMED, DOMOIC, DROMIC, COORIED, CEROC, CROME, DOMIER, DROMOI and 38 more, 50 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DEMIC, DOOMIER, DEMOI, MERC, CRED, MIC, ECO, EMO, MOI, ROO and OI, 11 in all.
This word takes every letter of MICROCODE plus a single extra one.