Unscramble PLICATION and you have 248 words, PLICATION itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. PLATONIC, OPTICIAN and PLATINIC are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PLICATION by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 13 with 7, 29 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
10 of 29 6-letter words from PLICATION tie at 10 points; none scores more. ACTION, ITALIC and CATION will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PLICATION, the top score is 9, reached by 12. POINT, TOPIC and PLANT are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PLICATION tie at 8 points; none scores more. PLAN, PAIN and ICON will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from PLICATION, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. NOT, CAN and TOP are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PLICATION but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PL · ending in ON · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; OPTICIAN, PLATINIC and PLATONIC (12 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PLICATION is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLICATION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 248) | 211 | 248 | 196 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 37 of them: COPITA, LIPOIC, PLACIT, PONTIC, TALIONIC, CALP, CAPI, OILPAN, PACO, POITIN, PONTAL, ACTON and 25 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: ALTCOIN, CAPOT, COLTAN, COPI, PIANI, CLIT, LIPA, LIPO, PALI, APO, CAL, LOC and 3 more.
These 7 words take every letter of PLICATION plus a single extra one.