Unscramble NIDIFICATED and you have 272 words, NIDIFICATED itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ACIDIFIED and NIDIFICATE lead with 16 points. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from NIDIFICATED by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 3 with 9, 8 with 8, 13 with 7, 41 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
NIDIFICATE is the only one of the 10-letter words in NIDIFICATED; it scores 16 points.
DEIFIC tops the 6-letter words made with NIDIFICATED letters at 12 points; next come FANDED and FIANCE on 11. FINITE, CANDID and ADDICT will look familiar.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NIDIFICATED are led by DECAF and FACED, 11 points each. DANCE, DATED and CITED are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 4-letter words from NIDIFICATED tie at 9 points; none scores more. FIND, DATE and FACT will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words in NIDIFICATED, CAF leads with 8 points, then DEF and DIF on 7. CAN, ADD and DID are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of NIDIFICATED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with NI · ending in ED · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ACIDIFIED (16 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
NIDIFICATED is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIDIFICATED itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 272) | 208 | 271 | 189 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NIDIFICATED, NIDIFICATE, DEDICANT, DIACTINE, FANDED, FICAIN, DAFTIE, DICTED, FAINED, FECIT, FIATED, CANDIE and 51 more, 63 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FADEIN, FINCA, CNIDAE, DACITE, DECANI, NIDATED, CAF, CENTAI, CNIDA, DECAN, DEF, DIF and 7 more, 19 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.