Unscramble STALACTITE and you have 273 words, STALACTITE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 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 STALACTITE split into 1 with 10 letters, 8 with 8, 26 with 7, 39 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 9 letters.
17 of 26 7-letter words in STALACTITE tie at 9 points; none scores more. ELASTIC, LATTICE and TACTILE will look familiar.
Of the 39 6-letter words you get when you unscramble STALACTITE, 23 score 8 points, the group's best. LATEST, TITLES and STATIC are the ones most people know.
44 of 60 5-letter words from STALACTITE tie at 7 points; none scores more. LEAST, SCALE and ATLAS will look familiar.
60 4-letter words in STALACTITE; 40 of them share the top score of 6. CASE, EAST and CAST are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words made with STALACTITE letters, the top score is 5, reached by 15. ITS, SET and LET are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of STALACTITE for another and you can spell these 4 words:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CATTAILS, LACTATES, LATTICES, STATICAL and TALCIEST (10 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
STALACTITE works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STALACTITE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 273) | 216 | 273 | 198 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 57 of them: SALICETA, ASTELIC, ECTASIA, SALICET, SALTCAT, TIETACS, ACATES, CITALS, LACETS, LATITATS, SCALAE, SCEATT and 45 more. Words With Friends* skips 18 of them: TALCIEST, ACAIS, AETATIS, CLITS, ETICS, ACAI, CALS, CLIT, LITEST, TECS, CAL, LITES and 6 more.
These 2 words take every letter of STALACTITE plus a single extra one.