Unscramble PELAGICS and you have 225 words, PELAGICS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PELAGIC and GELCAPS lead with 12 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PELAGICS split into 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 22 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2.
The best of the 6-letter words in PELAGICS is GELCAP, 11 points; APICES and CAPLES on 10 follow. PLACES and SPLICE are everyday picks.
21 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PELAGICS tie at 9 points; none scores more. PAGES, PLACE and SPACE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from PELAGICS, 15 score 8 points, the group's best. PAGE, CASE and PICS are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words from PELAGICS; 5 of them share the top score of 7. AGE, GAS and ICE are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PELAGICS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PE · ending in CS · all 8-letter words
PELAGICS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PELAGICS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PELAGICS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 225) | 190 | 225 | 171 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALGESIC, CAPLES, CLIPES, PAIGLES, CALPS, CAPLE, CLIPE, PAGLES, PAIGLE, SCAPI, CALP, CAPI and 23 more, 35 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PELAGICS, GELCAPS, GELCAP, PLICAS, CLEGS, CIGS, CLEG, LIPAS, PALIS, CALS, CIG, LIPA and 7 more, 19 in all.