Unscramble NONTYPICAL and you have 281 words, NONTYPICAL itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 14: 4 of them, TYPICAL, OPACITY and PLIANCY included. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from NONTYPICAL by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 26 with 7, 46 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 9 letters.
26 7-letter words in NONTYPICAL; 4 of them share the top score of 14. CONTAIN, OPTICAL and TYPICAL are everyday picks.
Of the 46 6-letter words from NONTYPICAL, 4 score 13 points, the group's best. POLICY, ACTION and NATION are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NONTYPICAL, COPAY, PONCY and TYPIC tie for first at 12 points. TOPIC, CANON and NYLON are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words in NONTYPICAL are led by COPY, PACY and PYIC, 11 points each. ONLY, CITY and PLAY are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with NONTYPICAL letters, 9 score 8 points, the group's best. CAN, ANY and TOP are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of NONTYPICAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with NO · ending in AL · all 10-letter words
NONTYPICAL first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NONTYPICAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NONTYPICAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 281) | 236 | 280 | 215 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POLYACT, PYCNON, CANTILY, POLYNIA, PONCY, POYNANT, COPITA, PIONY, PLACIT, PONTIC, PONTY, POYNT and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: COPAY, PACY, TALCY, ALTCOIN, CAPOT, TANNOY, ANYON, COLTAN, COPI, LAYIN, LINNY, ONLAY and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NANCY.