Unscramble SYNTONICALLY and you have 349 words, SYNTONICALLY itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CYTOLYSIN and SYNCYTIAL lead with 17 points. The 12 letters split into 3 vowels and 9 consonants.
S1Y43N12T1O1N12I1C34A1L12L12Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SYNTONICALLY by length: 1 with 12 letters, 8 with 9, 24 with 8, 48 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2. None has 11 or 10 letters.
SYNCYTIA tops the 8-letter words made with SYNTONICALLY letters at 16 points; next come ACYLOINS and COITALLY on 13. CONTAINS, SOCIALLY and LOCALITY will look familiar.
LOYALTY and SYNTONY share the top score of 13 among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SYNTONICALLY. ACTIONS, INSTALL and NATIONS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 6-letter words from SYNTONICALLY is TYIYNS, 12 points; CANYON and COSILY on 11 follow. ACTION, CASINO and COSTLY are everyday picks.
Among the 5-letter words from SYNTONICALLY, COYLY leads with 13 points, then SLYLY and TYIYN on 11. NYLON, NASTY and SILLY are the familiar ones.
YAYS scores highest among the 4-letter words in SYNTONICALLY at 10 points, ahead of ACYL and CANY on 9. ONLY, CITY and CALL are the ones most people know.
YAY tops the 3-letter words made with SYNTONICALLY letters at 9 points; next come CAY and CLY on 8. ALL, CAN and ANY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SYNTONICALLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with SY · ending in LY · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SYNCYTIAL (17 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts SYNTONICALLY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYNTONICALLY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 349) | 301 | 348 | 270 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 47 of them: SYNTONICALLY, CANTILY, SONANCY, SCALLY, CANTIONS, CANTION, CANY, LIONLY, SALTLY, SNAILY, SYNTAN, ACTONS and 35 more. Words With Friends* skips 32 of them: COSTALLY, TYIYNS, TYIYN, ALTCOINS, CANNOLIS, SLANTLY, SYCON, TALCY, TANNOYS, ALNICOS, ALTCOIN, ANYONS and 20 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: NANCY.
This word takes every letter of SYNTONICALLY plus a single extra one.