Unscramble SELACHIAN and you have 280 words, SELACHIAN itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. ACHENIAL and CLEANISH are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SELACHIAN by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 12 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SELACHIAN, the top score is 11, reached by 29. INCHES, CHAINS and ALIENS are the familiar ones.
24 of 60 5-letter words from SELACHIAN tie at 10 points; none scores more. CHINA, CLEAN and CHAIN will look familiar.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SELACHIAN; 16 of them share the top score of 9. EACH, CASE and CASH are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words from SELACHIAN, the top score is 8, reached by 7. CAN, HAS and ICE are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of SELACHIAN, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with SE · ending in AN · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ACHENIAL and CLEANISH (13 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SELACHIAN, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SELACHIAN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 280) | 216 | 280 | 195 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
64 of the 280 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACHENIA, CHALANS, INCHASE, LINCHES, CANEHS, CHALAN, CHESIL, ELCHIS, SEALCH, CANEH, CHALS, ELCHI and 52 more. 21 of the 280 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CLEANISH, LANCHES, CHANAS, CHINSE, CHAIS, CHANA, LANCH, ASHINE, CHAI, SHENAI, INCELS, ACAIS and 9 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of SELACHIAN and one more.