Unscramble PERIODICAL and you have 321 words, PERIODICAL itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PERIODICAL by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 5 with 8, 44 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
Of the 44 7-letter words from PERIODICAL, 10 score 12 points, the group's best. REPLICA, CALORIE and LEOPARD are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PERIODICAL; 13 of them share the top score of 11. PERIOD, POLICE and PLACED are everyday picks.
CAPED, COPED and PACED share the top score of 10 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PERIODICAL. PRICE, PLACE and DECOR are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from PERIODICAL, the top score is 8, reached by 19. CODE, CARD and PAID are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 3-letter words in PERIODICAL tie at 7 points; none scores more. CAR, PRO and AID will look familiar.
Trade one tile of PERIODICAL for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with PE · ending in AL · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by APERIODIC and CAPRIOLED (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PERIODICAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERIODICAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 321) | 267 | 319 | 242 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 54 of them: PROLICIDE, PLACIDER, EPACRID, PODALIC, CAPRID, CLIPED, EPODIC, PEACOD, POLACRE, ACIDIER, CRAPLE, DOCILER and 42 more. Words With Friends* skips 23 of them: POLICIER, PERCID, POLICER, LIPREAD, PACIER, PRELOAD, CAPRI, CARDIO, LIPOED, LIRIOPE, COPI, PERC and 11 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: LARPED and CRIP.
With one more tile, the letters of PERIODICAL spell the words below.