Unscramble STRYCHNINE and you have 296 words, STRYCHNINE itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is HYSTERIC, 16 points. It has 10 letters, 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
S1T1R1Y43C34H43N12I1N12E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from STRYCHNINE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 9 with 8, 26 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 9 letters.
4 of 26 7-letter words in STRYCHNINE tie at 15 points; none scores more. RICHEST, INTERNS and THINNER will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from STRYCHNINE, 4 score 14 points, the group's best. INCHES, ETHICS and ETHNIC are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble STRYCHNINE, the top score is 13, reached by 5. ENTRY, SHIRT and CHEST are the familiar ones.
YECH tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble STRYCHNINE at 12 points; next come HERY and HEYS on 10. CITY, TECH and HITS will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words from STRYCHNINE, the top score is 9, reached by 6. ITS, YES and YET are the familiar ones.
These 5 words have the length of STRYCHNINE, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with ST · ending in NE · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HYSTERIC (16 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. STRYCHNINE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRYCHNINE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 296) | 212 | 295 | 198 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCYTHER, SNITCHY, SYNTENIC, TICHY, ESTRICH, NICHERS, RHYNES, THYINE, YRNEHS, YSHENT, CENTRY, CHIRTS and 71 more, 83 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INCHERS, SHINTY, CHINSE, INCHER, SITCH, TECHS, ECHT, INCENTS, TECH, SHEN, YER, TEC and 2 more, 14 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: NESTY.
These 2 words take every letter of STRYCHNINE plus a single extra one.