Unscramble PHILATELIC and you have 266 words, PHILATELIC itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34H43I1L12A1T1E1L12I1C34
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PHILATELIC by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 8, 18 with 7, 41 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Of the 41 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PHILATELIC, 8 score 13 points, the group's best. CHAPEL, ITALIC and LETHAL are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from PHILATELIC; 8 of them share the top score of 12. PLACE, CHEAP and PATCH are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from PHILATELIC, the top score is 11, reached by 4. HELP, EACH and CALL are the familiar ones.
14 of 60 3-letter words in PHILATELIC tie at 8 points; none scores more. ALL, ACT and HIT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PHILATELIC but one, change that one, and you get:
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PHILATELIC first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PHILATELIC 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHILATELIC itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 266) | 225 | 266 | 212 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 41 of them: HAPLITIC, PELLACH, HELLICAT, PATHIC, PHAEIC, ALETHIC, CHELP, PILCH, ELTCHI, ELCHI, PLACIT, THEIC and 29 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: CHIPLET, CIPAILLE, CATH, CHAI, ECHT, TECH, THALI, CEILI, AHI, LAH, CAL, TEC and 1 more.
This word takes every letter of PHILATELIC plus a single extra one.