Unscramble SPONDAICAL and you have 313 words, SPONDAICAL itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SPONDAICAL split into 1 with 10 letters, 14 with 8, 30 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2. None has 9 letters.
PLACOID and PODALIC are the top 7-letter words made with SPONDAICAL letters, 12 points each. SCANDAL and PALADIN will look familiar.
CAPSID, PLACID and PSOCID share the top score of 11 among the 6-letter words from SPONDAICAL. SOCIAL, CASINO and PLAINS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SPONDAICAL, the top score is 9, reached by 23. CLIPS, ACIDS and DISCO are the familiar ones.
16 of 60 4-letter words from SPONDAICAL tie at 8 points; none scores more. PICS, PAID and COLD will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in SPONDAICAL, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. CAN, ADS and AID are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SPONDAICAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SP · ending in AL · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CAPSIDAL, PLACOIDS and SPONDAIC (13 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SPONDAICAL 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPONDAICAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 313) | 258 | 313 | 232 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
55 of the 313 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPONDAICAL, PODALIC, PALISADO, SCALDINO, SOAPLAND, ACNODAL, CALPAS, DIPLONS, PANISC, SALOPIAN, CALPA, CALPS and 43 more. 26 of the 313 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CALPAINS, SALPICON, CALPAIN, PIANOLAS, PLICAS, ALNICOS, CANOLAS, PIANOLA, SCOPA, CNIDA, COPI, ACAIS and 14 more.