355 words come out when you unscramble RECTILINEAL, starting with RECTILINEAL itself: 13 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. 8 shorter words score 11, among them INTERLACE, CLEANLIER and EIRENICAL. 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 RECTILINEAL split into 1 with 11 letters, 8 with 9, 24 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 10 letters.
24 8-letter words in RECTILINEAL; 17 of them share the top score of 10. RELIANCE, CLARINET and CREATINE are everyday picks.
Of the 60 7-letter words from RECTILINEAL, 37 score 9 points, the group's best. ARTICLE, CENTRAL and CERTAIN are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble RECTILINEAL scores 8. CENTER, CREATE and CENTRE are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble RECTILINEAL score 7 points. CLEAR, CLEAN and ELECT are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from RECTILINEAL, the top score is 6, reached by 47. CARE, CALL and CART are the familiar ones.
15 of 60 3-letter words in RECTILINEAL tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, ALL and CAN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of RECTILINEAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with RE · ending in AL · all 11-letter words
The meaning of RECTILINEAL, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
RECTILINEAL is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RECTILINEAL itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 355) | 285 | 355 | 264 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 70 of them: LIENTERIC, RETICELLA, ARENITIC, CARELINE, CINEREAL, ICTERINE, LENTICLE, CANTIER, CINEREA, CLARINI, CRINATE, LATENCE and 58 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: RECTILINEAL, EIRENICAL, LACERTINE, RECLINATE, TACRINE, TALCIER, CALLEE, CELLIE, CENTAI, CEILI, INCEL, RECIT and 9 more.
These 2 words take every letter of RECTILINEAL plus a single extra one.