Unscramble SCIENTIFIC to get 170 words. SCIENTIFIC itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SCIENTIFIC by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 20 with 6, 35 with 5, 56 with 4, 37 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 9 letters.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in SCIENTIFIC: CITIFIES, 13 points.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SCIENTIFIC are led by FICINS, FISTIC and INFECT, 11 points each. CITIES, FINEST and FINITE are the familiar ones.
FECIT, FICES and FICIN are the top 5-letter words from SCIENTIFIC, 10 points each. CENTS, STEIN and SCENT will look familiar.
FICE and FISC share the top score of 9 among the 4-letter words made with SCIENTIFIC letters. SITE, FINE and NICE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SCIENTIFIC but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SC · ending in IC · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CITIFIES (13 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SCIENTIFIC 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCIENTIFIC itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 170) | 129 | 169 | 118 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CECITIS, CISTIC, FECIT, CINCT, FIENTS, FENIS, FENTS, FIENT, FIEST, NIEFS, NIFES, SCIENT and 28 more, 40 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ETICS, FEST, FES, TECS, FE, TEC, TEINS, TEIN, EST, TES and TE, 11 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.