Unscramble SILICATING and you have 289 words, SILICATING itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. ANGLICIST and LAICISING are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SILICATING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 9 with 8, 29 with 7, 51 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
8 of 29 7-letter words from SILICATING tie at 10 points; none scores more. LISTING, INITIAL and SAILING will look familiar.
Of the 51 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SILICATING, 10 score 9 points, the group's best. SIGNAL, ACTING and GIANTS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SILICATING, the top score is 8, reached by 6. GIANT, GAINS and ALIGN are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 4-letter words from SILICATING tie at 7 points; none scores more. SIGN, TAGS and CAST will look familiar.
CAG and CIG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words in SILICATING. CAN, ITS and ACT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SILICATING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SI · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; LAICISING (12 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SILICATING is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SILICATING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 289) | 233 | 289 | 216 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SILICATING, ANGLICIST, SCAILING, SCLATING, ALGINIC, SINICAL, TICING, TIGLIC, AISLING, ANGLIST, CANGS, CITALS and 44 more, 56 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ATIGIS, CIGS, CLITS, TASING, ATIGI, CALS, CIG, CLIT, SIGLA, SIGNA, CAL, AGS and 5 more, 17 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of SILICATING spell the words below.