Unscramble ORICHALCS and you have 269 words, ORICHALCS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, COCHAIRS and ORICHALC lead with 15 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from ORICHALCS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 17 with 7, 47 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
8 of 47 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ORICHALCS tie at 13 points; none scores more. SOCIAL, CHAIRS and SAILOR will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from ORICHALCS, 7 score 12 points, the group's best. CHAIR, CISCO and COACH are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from ORICHALCS, CHIC, CHOC and COCH tie for first at 11 points. CARS, CASH and HAIR are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words in ORICHALCS, the top score is 8, reached by 7. HAS, CAR and AIR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ORICHALCS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OR · ending in CS · all 9-letter words
What ORICHALCS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: ORICHALCS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORICHALCS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 269) | 214 | 269 | 173 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
55 of the 269 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHACOS, CHOLIC, CHACO, LORCHAS, ACCOILS, CHIAOS, CHIRLS, CHORIA, COCH, LORCHA, SCORIAC, ACCOIL and 43 more. 41 of the 269 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ORICHALCS, ORICHALC, CHICAS, CHICA, CHOCS, LOCHIAS, CHOC, CHOILS, CHOLAS, CHOLIS, ARCHI, CHAIS and 29 more.
With one more tile, the letters of ORICHALCS spell the words below.