Unscramble ONCOLYTICS and you have 261 words, ONCOLYTICS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CYTOSOLIC and ONCOLYTIC lead with 16 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ONCOLYTICS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 5 with 8, 15 with 7, 39 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ONCOLYTICS, CYCLINS and CYCLIST tie for first at 14 points. LOTIONS and COLONIC are everyday picks.
Among 39 6-letter words from ONCOLYTICS, the top score is 13, reached by 4. COLONY, COSTLY and LOTION are the familiar ones.
Among the 5-letter words in ONCOLYTICS, CYCLO and CYNIC tie for first at 12 points. CISCO, COINS and ICONS are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words made with ONCOLYTICS letters, OCCY leads with 11 points, then CITY and CLOY on 9. ONLY, COST and TOYS are the familiar ones.
CLY, COY and ICY are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ONCOLYTICS, 8 points each. NOT, ITS and LOT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ONCOLYTICS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with ON · ending in CS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CYTOSOLIC (16 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ONCOLYTICS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ONCOLYTICS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 261) | 210 | 260 | 193 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
51 of the 261 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ONCOLYTICS, ONCOLYTIC, COCTIONS, COCTION, COONTY, OCCY, CINCT, CLOISON, COOLIST, SCIOLTO, SCOLION, STOOLY and 39 more. 17 of the 261 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CYCLINS, CYCLIN, SYCON, TIYNS, TYINS, CLITS, LOCIS, TIYN, TOCOS, TYIN, CLIT, LOCS and 5 more. 1 of the 261 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: COOLY.