Unscramble PUNCTILIOUS and you have 323 words, PUNCTILIOUS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PUNCTILIOS leads with 14 points. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from PUNCTILIOUS split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 2 with 9, 15 with 8, 40 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words in PUNCTILIOUS: PUNCTILIOS, 14 points.
Of the 40 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PUNCTILIOUS, 12 score 11 points, the group's best. CONSULT, SILICON and SUCTION are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PUNCTILIOUS; 14 of them share the top score of 10. TOPICS, POINTS and COUNTS are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from PUNCTILIOUS, the top score is 9, reached by 12. TOPIC, INPUT and COUNT are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 4-letter words in PUNCTILIOUS tie at 8 points; none scores more. POST, COST and PLUS will look familiar.
COP, CUP and PIC share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words made with PUNCTILIOUS letters. ITS, TOP and PUT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PUNCTILIOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with PU · ending in US · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by UNPOLITIC (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. PUNCTILIOUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUNCTILIOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 323) | 264 | 323 | 244 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
57 of the 323 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INSCULPT, OPINICUS, PUNCTOS, UNCLIPT, LIPOIC, PILINUTS, PONTIC, PUNCTO, COUTILS, PILINUT, PILOTIS, POITINS and 45 more. 22 of the 323 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: UNPOLITIC, PSIONIC, LINCTUS, COPI, CUNITS, PISTOU, PLUOTS, CLITS, CUNIT, INSPO, LIPOS, LOCIS and 10 more. 2 of the 323 answers are missing from Scrabble US: CUNTS and CUNT.