Unscramble SELICTAR and you have 294 words, SELICTAR itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 4 anagrams, each with the same 10 points: ALTRICES, ARTICLES, RECITALS and STERICAL. 22 shorter words score 9, among them ARTICLE, ELASTIC and SCARLET. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SELICTAR by length: 5 with 8 letters, 28 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Among 28 7-letter words in SELICTAR, the top score is 9, reached by 22. ARTICLE, ELASTIC and SCARLET are the familiar ones.
47 of 60 6-letter words from SELICTAR tie at 8 points; none scores more. ALERTS, CASTLE and TRACES will look familiar.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SELICTAR scores 7. CLEAR, ACRES and RACES are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words from SELICTAR, 54 score 6 points, the group's best. CASE, CARE and CART are the ones most people know.
17 of 60 3-letter words in SELICTAR tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, ITS and CAR will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of SELICTAR, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with SE · ending in AR · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ARTICLES, RECITALS and STERICAL (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SELICTAR is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SELICTAR itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 294) | 245 | 294 | 223 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
49 of the 294 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALTRICES, SELICTAR, ASTELIC, SALICET, TARCELS, ARTICS, CITALS, CLARTS, CRESTA, LACETS, RECALS, SCLATE and 37 more. 22 of the 294 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ATRESIC, TALCIER, RECITS, CERTS, CLITS, CRIAS, CRITS, ETICS, RECIT, ARTSIE, CALS, CERT and 10 more.
These 12 words take every letter of SELICTAR plus a single extra one.