194 words come out when you unscramble SILICEOUS, starting with SILICEOUS itself: 11 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are COULISES, COULISSE and LEUCOSIS, 10 points each. It has 9 letters, 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SILICEOUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 5 with 7, 25 with 6, 51 with 5, 57 with 4, 39 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Among 25 6-letter words from SILICEOUS, the top score is 8, reached by 17. CLOSES, SLICES and SCOUSE are the familiar ones.
27 of 51 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SILICEOUS tie at 7 points; none scores more. ISSUE, CLOSE and SOULS will look familiar.
Among 57 4-letter words made with SILICEOUS letters, the top score is 6, reached by 26. LESS, LOSS and USES are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of SILICEOUS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by COULISES, COULISSE and LEUCOSIS (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SILICEOUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SILICEOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 194) | 152 | 193 | 136 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
42 of the 194 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CESIOUS, COSSIE, ILICES, SOUCES, ULICES, CIELS, CLIES, CLOUS, LEUCO, SCULS, SCUSE, SOUCE and 30 more. 16 of the 194 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LEUCOSIS, LOESSIC, CEILIS, LOCIES, CEILI, LOCIE, LOCIS, SOCES, ECOS, LOCS, SILOES, ECO and 4 more. 1 of the 194 answers is missing from Scrabble UK: COULISES.
This word takes every letter of SILICEOUS plus a single extra one.