Unscramble SPECCIEST to get 160 words. SPECCIEST itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. SCEPTICS and SPECCIES are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1P34E1C34C34I1E1S1T1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from SPECCIEST by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 5 with 7, 16 with 6, 34 with 5, 57 with 4, 33 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SPECCIEST, PECTIC leads with 12 points, then ECESIC and PIECES on 10. SPICES and SEPTIC are the familiar ones.
7 of 34 5-letter words from SPECCIEST tie at 9 points; none scores more. SITES, PIECE and STEPS will look familiar.
Of the 57 4-letter words from SPECCIEST, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. SITE, TIPS and STEP are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SPECCIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SP · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SCEPTICS (14 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts SPECCIEST, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPECCIEST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 160) | 136 | 160 | 123 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPECCIEST, SPECCIES, PECTISES, PECTISE, CITESS, ECCE, CESSE, PIETS, PISES, SPETS, TICES, CITS and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ECESIC, SPECTS, SPECT, ETICS, SEPS, TECS, PST, TEC, ESSE, ESTS, EST, TES and 1 more, 13 in all.