356 words come out when you unscramble PRECOLONIAL, starting with PRECOLONIAL itself: 15 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. PORCELAIN and NECROPOLI are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PRECOLONIAL by length: 1 with 11 letters, 5 with 9, 22 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Among 22 8-letter words made with PRECOLONIAL letters, the top score is 12, reached by 12. COLONIAL is the familiar one.
21 of 60 7-letter words from PRECOLONIAL tie at 11 points; none scores more. REPLICA, CLARION and CALORIE will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PRECOLONIAL, the top score is 10, reached by 25. POLICE, PRINCE and COLLAR are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words from PRECOLONIAL; 24 of them share the top score of 9. PRICE, PLACE and COLOR are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in PRECOLONIAL, the top score is 8, reached by 21. CARE, CALL and CELL are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 3-letter words made with PRECOLONIAL letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. CAN, CAR and AIR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PRECOLONIAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with PR · ending in AL · all 11-letter words
PRECOLONIAL first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PRECOLONIAL, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRECOLONIAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 356) | 289 | 354 | 268 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, *Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
67 of the 356 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ENCOLPIA, PERCOLIN, COROLLINE, OPORICE, PERICON, PILCORN, POLACRE, CALLOP, COINOP, CORONIAL, CRAPLE, CREOLIAN and 55 more. 20 of the 356 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PALEOCON, NOPLACE, PAEONIC, PLEONIC, POLICER, LONICERA, CAPRI, CORELLA, PLEONAL, ALCOOL, CANOER, COPI and 8 more. 1 of the 356 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: COOLIE. 1 of the 356 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIP.
This word takes every letter of PRECOLONIAL plus a single extra one.