Unscramble NECROLOGY and you have 216 words, NECROLOGY itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
N12E1C34R1O1L12O1G23Y43
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from NECROLOGY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 8 with 7, 20 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 8 letters.
CLERGY tops the 6-letter words made with NECROLOGY letters at 12 points; next come COLONY and COLORY on 11. LONGER, COOLER and LOONEY will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NECROLOGY, GRYCE leads with 11 points, then CLOYE and COLEY on 10. COLOR, GLORY and CLONE are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words from NECROLOGY; 4 of them share the top score of 9. ONLY, LONG and ONCE are everyday picks.
CLY, COY and CRY are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble NECROLOGY, 8 points each. ONE, LOG and CON will look familiar.
Keep every letter of NECROLOGY but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CRYOGEN and ECOLOGY (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NECROLOGY 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NECROLOGY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 216) | 165 | 214 | 150 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 51 of them: COLORY, GRYCE, CLOYE, COLEY, COREY, GOOLEY, GROOLY, ELOGY, GOORY, GOYLE, CEROON, CLY and 39 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: CROONY, GOONERY, GOOLY, GYNO, CLEG, OROGEN, LOGON, YER, ECO, LOC, ORLON, NEG and 3 more. Scrabble UK skips 2 of them: COOLY and GOY.