Unscramble PULICIDE and you have 107 words, PULICIDE itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. PULICIDE has 1 anagram here, PEDICULI, scoring 13 like PULICIDE itself. CLUPEID is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PULICIDE by length: 2 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 2 with 6, 19 with 5, 38 with 4, 36 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in PULICIDE: CLUPEID, for 12 points.
4 of 38 4-letter words from PULICIDE tie at 8 points; none scores more. CLIP, EPIC and DICE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PULICIDE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PU · ending in DE · all 8-letter words
What PULICIDE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PULICIDE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PULICIDE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 107) | 88 | 107 | 82 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
19 of the 107 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PEDICULI, CLIPED, CLIPE, CLIED, LEPID, UPLED, CIDE, CID, CIEL, PLUE, DULE, EILD and 7 more. 6 of the 107 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DULCE, CEILI, PEDI, DEP, LIPE and LUD.
With one more tile, the letters of PULICIDE spell the words below.