Unscramble SIMULACRA to get 264 words. SIMULACRA itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SIMULACRA by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 12 with 7, 54 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 16 with 2.
MAILCARS is the only one of the 8-letter words in SIMULACRA; it scores 12 points.
13 of 54 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SIMULACRA tie at 10 points; none scores more. CLAIMS, CASUAL and RACIAL will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from SIMULACRA, 24 score 9 points, the group's best. MUSIC, CLAIM and ALARM are the ones most people know.
17 of 60 4-letter words made with SIMULACRA letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. MAIL, CARS and ARMS will look familiar.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SIMULACRA; 4 of them share the top score of 7. CAR, AIR and MAR are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of SIMULACRA for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with SI · ending in RA · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CALAMUS, CAMAILS, MACULAR, MACULAS and MUSICAL (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SIMULACRA 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIMULACRA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 264) | 205 | 264 | 184 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MAILCARS, CALIMAS, MAILCAR, AMUSIC, CALIMA, CIMARS, LACMUS, AUMAILS, CAMUS, CAUMS, CIMAR, CRIMS and 47 more, 59 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CAMIS, CAMI, CAURIS, CUMS, MICS, SALUMI, ACAIS, CAURI, CRIAS, LUMAS, MIC, ACAI and 9 more, 21 in all.
These 3 words take every letter of SIMULACRA plus a single extra one.