Unscramble MICROFICHE and you have 206 words, MICROFICHE itself among them: it scores 22 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. CHIMERIC is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from MICROFICHE split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 8 with 7, 20 with 6, 38 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 9 letters.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in MICROFICHE: CHIMERIC, 17 points.
FEHMIC scores highest among the 6-letter words from MICROFICHE at 16 points, ahead of CHEMIC on 15 and CHICER on 13. CHOICE, CHROME and HEROIC are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MICROFICHE, CHIEF and FICHE tie for first at 13 points. FORCE, CRIME and MICRO are everyday picks.
CHEF and FEHM are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MICROFICHE, 12 points each. HOME, FORM and COME will look familiar.
FEH and FOH share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words from MICROFICHE. ICE, RIM and ORE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MICROFICHE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with MI · ending in HE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CHIMERIC (17 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MICROFICHE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MICROFICHE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 206) | 153 | 203 | 136 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 50 of them: FEHMIC, MOCHIER, MORICHE, CROCHE, HORMIC, MICHER, MIRCHI, MOCHIE, CHIMO, COMICE, FEHM, COCH and 38 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: HOMERIC, MERCH, MOCHI, CHEM, CHOC, MECH, HOMIE, OCHE, HOM, MEH, MERC, OCH and 6 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: HEMI and FI. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: EMF.
This word takes every letter of MICROFICHE plus a single extra one.