Unscramble POSTICAL and you have 253 words, POSTICAL itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 12 points: CAPITOLS, COALPITS and TOPICALS. Among the shorter answers, 8 reach 11 points, PLASTIC, OPTICAL and CAPITOL among them. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
P34O1S1T1I1C34A1L12
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from POSTICAL split into 4 with 8 letters, 12 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
35 6-letter words from POSTICAL; 11 of them share the top score of 10. SOCIAL, TOPICS and POSTAL are everyday picks.
25 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POSTICAL tie at 9 points; none scores more. TOPIC, COAST and CLIPS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from POSTICAL, the top score is 8, reached by 15. COST, PICS and CAST are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 3-letter words in POSTICAL tie at 7 points; none scores more. ITS, TOP and ACT will look familiar.
Trade one tile of POSTICAL for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with PO · ending in AL · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CAPITOLS, COALPITS and TOPICALS (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts POSTICAL, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POSTICAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 253) | 207 | 253 | 178 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POSTICAL, COPITAS, PLACITS, COPITA, PLACIT, CALPS, PACOS, SCAPI, APIOLS, CALP, CAPI, CITALS and 34 more, 46 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TOPICALS, CAPOTS, PLICAS, CAPOT, SCOPA, COPI, CALOS, CLITS, LIPAS, LIPOS, LOCIS, PALIS and 17 more, 29 in all.
These 5 words take every letter of POSTICAL plus a single extra one.