Unscramble ONYCHIUM and you have 116 words, ONYCHIUM itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
O1N12Y43C34H43I1U12M34
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ONYCHIUM by length: 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 6, 17 with 5, 27 with 4, 41 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ONYCHIUM, MYC leads with 10 points, then HOY on 9 and CHI on 8. CON, ION and HUM are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of ONYCHIUM for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with ON · ending in UM · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HYMNIC and MUNCHY (16 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts ONYCHIUM, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ONYCHIUM itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 116) | 93 | 116 | 80 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ONYCHIUM, MOCHY, CHIMO, MICH, MOCH, CHOU, MINY, NOMIC, HOC, MICO, MOY, NYM and 11 more, 23 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HYMNIC, MUNCHY, MOCHI, MUCHO, MYC, UNICOM, MONIC, HOM, OCH, MIC, MOI, UNI and 1 more, 13 in all.
This word takes every letter of ONYCHIUM plus a single extra one.