Unscramble PYRITICAL and you have 210 words, PYRITICAL itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34Y43R1I1T1I1C34A1L12
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from PYRITICAL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 10 with 7, 16 with 6, 52 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
5 of 52 5-letter words from PYRITICAL tie at 12 points; none scores more. PARTY, TRIAL and TRAIL will look familiar.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PYRITICAL are led by PACY and PYIC, 11 points each. CITY, PART and CART are the familiar ones.
10 of 58 3-letter words from PYRITICAL tie at 8 points; none scores more. CAR, ART and AIR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PYRITICAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PY · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
What PYRITICAL means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: PYRITICAL is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PYRITICAL itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 210) | 170 | 208 | 154 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 40 of them: CRAPY, LAICITY, CLARTY, CLIPART, PARLY, PLACIT, PRATY, PYRAL, TRIPY, YRAPT, CRAY, PICRA and 28 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: PYRITICAL, PRICILY, PACY, LYCRA, TALCY, CAPRI, LAIRY, CLIT, CRIA, CRIT, LIPA, PALI and 2 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: CRIP and LARP.