Unscramble PYCNIC to get 15 words. PYCNIC itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. PICCY is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. 6 letters: 1 vowel and 5 consonants.
P34Y43C34N12I1C34
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PYCNIC split into 1 with 6 letters, 2 with 5, 3 with 4, 6 with 3 and 3 with 2.
Keep every letter of PYCNIC but one, change that one, and you get:
More 6-letter words: starting with PY · ending in IC · all 6-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CYNIC (12 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PYCNIC is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PYCNIC itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 15) | 12 | 15 | 12 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
3 of the 15 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PYCNIC, PICCY and NY.