313 words come out when you unscramble NONCRITICAL, starting with NONCRITICAL itself: 15 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is CALCITONIN, 14 points. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from NONCRITICAL by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 4 with 9, 20 with 8, 28 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
CALCITONIN is the only one of the 10-letter words made with NONCRITICAL letters; it scores 14 points.
Among 20 8-letter words from NONCRITICAL, the top score is 12, reached by 12. CRITICAL, CORTICAL and NARCOTIC are the familiar ones.
Of the 28 7-letter words you get when you unscramble NONCRITICAL, 11 score 11 points, the group's best. CONTAIN, CLARION and CONICAL are the ones most people know.
15 of 60 6-letter words from NONCRITICAL tie at 10 points; none scores more. ACTION, CLINIC and ITALIC will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in NONCRITICAL, 10 score 9 points, the group's best. CANON, ACTOR and CAROL are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words made with NONCRITICAL letters, COCA and CROC tie for first at 8 points. CART, ANTI and ICON are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble NONCRITICAL, 18 score 5 points, the group's best. NOT, CAN and CAR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of NONCRITICAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with NO · ending in AL · all 11-letter words
NONCRITICAL first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NONCRITICAL 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NONCRITICAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 313) | 259 | 313 | 241 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 54 of them: ANICONIC, CICLATON, ITACONIC, CANTICO, ACCOIL, CATCON, NICOTIAN, TALIONIC, CANTION, CINCT, CLARINI, CLARINO and 42 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: LOCTICIAN, LICTORIAN, INTRONIC, OCICAT, ALTCOIN, CORTINA, COLTAN, RACINO, ACRO, CLIT, CRIA, CRIT and 6 more.