Unscramble RECALIBRATION and you have 480 words, RECALIBRATION itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CALIBRATION and BARONETICAL lead with 15 points. 13 letters: 6 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from RECALIBRATION by length: 1 with 13 letters, 4 with 11, 19 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 36 with 2. None has 12 letters.
The 11-letter words in RECALIBRATION are led by BARONETICAL and CALIBRATION, 15 points each. INTERRACIAL and LIBERTARIAN are the familiar ones.
8 of 19 10-letter words made with RECALIBRATION letters tie at 14 points; none scores more. LIBERATION, IRRATIONAL and ACTIONABLE will look familiar.
Of the 60 9-letter words you get when you unscramble RECALIBRATION, 20 score 13 points, the group's best. CRITERION, BACTERIAL and LIBRARIAN are the ones most people know.
31 of 60 8-letter words from RECALIBRATION tie at 12 points; none scores more. BACTERIA, AIRBORNE and CLARINET will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble RECALIBRATION, 36 score 11 points, the group's best. ARTICLE, BALANCE and CABINET are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words from RECALIBRATION, the top score is 10, reached by 25. ACTION, CARBON and BEACON are the familiar ones.
26 of 60 5-letter words in RECALIBRATION tie at 9 points; none scores more. CABLE, ACTOR and CABIN will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words made with RECALIBRATION letters, the top score is 8, reached by 8. ABLE, BEAR and BETA are the familiar ones.
BAC, CAB and COB are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble RECALIBRATION, 7 points each. CAN, CAR and ACT will look familiar.
Trade one tile of RECALIBRATION for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 13-letter words: starting with RE · ending in ON · all 13-letter words
RECALIBRATION first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
RECALIBRATION works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RECALIBRATION itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 480) | 377 | 479 | 337 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BARONETICAL, ANABOLITIC, CALIBRATER, CRIBRATION, BACTERIAN, BALECTION, BICORNATE, CARBINIER, ACIERATION, ACROTERIAL, BALCONET, CARBORNE and 91 more, 103 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ANABIOTIC, BARIATRIC, BILECTION, INCITABLE, BORNITIC, BRAINIAC, CATBRIAR, AEROLITIC, BITCOIN, CLARIONET, CRITERIAL, LACERTIAN and 28 more, 40 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINT.
This word takes every letter of RECALIBRATION plus a single extra one.