Unscramble REPLICATIONS and you have 500 words, REPLICATIONS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 16 points: INSPECTORIAL and PATROCLINIES. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from REPLICATIONS by length: 3 with 12 letters, 5 with 11, 31 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 41 with 2.
REPLICATIONS and 2 anagrams, PATROCLINIES and INSPECTORIAL, make up the 12-letter words made with REPLICATIONS letters; each scores 16 points.
Of the 5 11-letter words in REPLICATIONS, 4 score 15 points, the group's best. REPLICATION is the one most people know.
Among 31 10-letter words you get when you unscramble REPLICATIONS, the top score is 14, reached by 21.
51 of 60 9-letter words from REPLICATIONS tie at 13 points; none scores more. PRECISION, PARTICLES and PORCELAIN will look familiar.
All 60 of the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble REPLICATIONS score 12 points. PARTICLE, CAPTIONS and CAPSTONE are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words from REPLICATIONS scores 11. OPTICAL, CAPTION and INSPECT are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words in REPLICATIONS come to 60, each scoring 10 points. COPIES, ASPECT and CARPET are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words made with REPLICATIONS letters score 9 points. PRICE, PLACE and CLIPS are the ones most people know.
28 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble REPLICATIONS tie at 8 points; none scores more. CARE, CARS and PICS will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from REPLICATIONS, 6 score 7 points, the group's best. CAN, CAR and ACT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of REPLICATIONS but one, change that one, and you get:
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The meaning of REPLICATIONS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
REPLICATIONS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| REPLICATIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 500) | 404 | 498 | 366 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PATROCLINIES, INSPECTORAL, TROPICALISE, CAPITOLINE, CRISPATION, PICTARNIES, PORISTICAL, POTICARIES, RECAPTIONS, SAPROLITIC, TRINISCOPE, EPISTOLIC and 84 more, 96 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INSPECTORIAL, REPLICANTS, EPINASTIC, POLICIERS, PROSCENIA, PROTEINIC, REPLICANT, TROPICALS, CAPONISE, CARSPIEL, CLARIONETS, PARCLOSE and 24 more, 36 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIPS and CRIP, 2 in all.
These 3 words take every letter of REPLICATIONS plus a single extra one.