Unscramble PYCNIDIA to get 84 words. PYCNIDIA itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. CYANID is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
P34Y43C34N12I1D2I1A1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PYCNIDIA split into 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 6, 12 with 5, 23 with 4, 32 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Keep every letter of PYCNIDIA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PY · ending in IA · all 8-letter words
The meaning of PYCNIDIA, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PYCNIDIA 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PYCNIDIA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 84) | 72 | 84 | 67 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
12 of the 84 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DANCY, CANY, CAPI, DINIC, DIYA, PAND, YAD, CID, INDIA, NY, NID and DI. 5 of the 84 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PACY, CNIDA, PIANI, DAN and DA.
This word takes every letter of PYCNIDIA plus a single extra one.