Unscramble POTASSIC and you have 227 words, POTASSIC itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, COPITAS, PSOATIC and SPASTIC lead with 11 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from POTASSIC split into 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 24 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
11 of 24 6-letter words in POTASSIC tie at 10 points; none scores more. TOPICS, OPTICS and COASTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from POTASSIC, 15 score 9 points, the group's best. POSTS, TOPIC and COSTS are the ones most people know.
11 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble POTASSIC tie at 8 points; none scores more. POST, COST and PAST will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words in POTASSIC, the top score is 7, reached by 4. ITS, TOP and ACT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of POTASSIC but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PO · ending in IC · all 8-letter words
POTASSIC first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept POTASSIC, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POTASSIC itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 227) | 187 | 227 | 171 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COPITAS, COPITA, SCOPAS, PACOS, SCAPI, CAPI, PACO, POTASS, STIPAS, APSOS, ATOCS, COITS and 28 more, 40 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CAPOTS, CAPOT, SCOPA, COPI, SOCAS, APOS, OPAS, SOCA, APO, OPA, POS, PST and 4 more, 16 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of POTASSIC and one more.