Unscramble SYNDICATE and you have 308 words, SYNDICATE itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. SYNDICATE has 2 anagrams here, ASYNDETIC and CYSTIDEAN, scoring 15 like SYNDICATE itself. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SYNDICATE by length: 3 with 9 letters, 8 with 8, 28 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SYNDICATE, CYANIDE, CYANIDS and EDACITY tie for first at 13 points. INSTEAD, DENSITY and DESTINY are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words from SYNDICATE, 6 score 12 points, the group's best. STAYED, STEADY and INSECT are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SYNDICATE; 6 of them share the top score of 11. DANCE, CANDY and CITED are everyday picks.
9 of 60 4-letter words from SYNDICATE tie at 9 points; none scores more. CITY, DAYS and EASY will look familiar.
CAY and ICY share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words in SYNDICATE. CAN, ANY and DAY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SYNDICATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SY · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ASYNDETIC (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SYNDICATE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYNDICATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 308) | 228 | 307 | 204 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CYSTIDEAN, CYANISED, CYANISE, CYSTID, DESYATIN, CYTASE, DANCY, STAYNED, ACIDEST, CYTES, DAYNTS, DENAYS and 67 more, 79 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DANCEY, DANCIEST, DACITES, CISTED, CNIDAE, DACITE, DECANI, DECANS, SAYED, CENTAI, CENTAS, CNIDA and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: NESTY.
These 5 words take every letter of SYNDICATE plus a single extra one.