Unscramble PERICYCLE to get 157 words. PERICYCLE itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. EPICYCLE and PRECYCLE are the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PERICYCLE split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 1 with 7, 16 with 6, 37 with 5, 53 with 4, 38 with 3 and 8 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with PERICYCLE letters: RECYCLE, 14 points.
PICCY scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PERICYCLE at 14 points, ahead of CLYPE and CREPY on 12. PRICE, REPLY and PIECE are the ones most people know.
PYIC tops the 4-letter words made with PERICYCLE letters at 11 points; next come PILY and PREY on 9. CLIP, RICE and PEER will look familiar.
Trade one tile of PERICYCLE for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PE · ending in LE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with EPICYCLE (17 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PERICYCLE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERICYCLE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 157) | 127 | 156 | 122 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PRECYCLE, PICCY, CLYPE, LECCY, RECCY, RICEY, CLEEP, CLIPE, PERCE, RICY, RYPE, CLY and 18 more, 30 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PERC, LIPE, PERE and YER, 4 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIP.
This word takes every letter of PERICYCLE plus a single extra one.