Unscramble TAILPIECE to get 202 words. TAILPIECE itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
T1A1I1L12P34I1E1C34E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from TAILPIECE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 7, 13 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 45 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TAILPIECE, the top score is 9, reached by 13. PLACE, PEACE and PIECE are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words from TAILPIECE; 11 of them share the top score of 8. LATE, CLIP and TAPE are everyday picks.
5 of 57 3-letter words in TAILPIECE tie at 7 points; none scores more. LET, ACT and CAT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of TAILPIECE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TA · ending in CE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by APLITIC, CALIPEE, CAPELET, PELITIC and PLICATE (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
TAILPIECE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAILPIECE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 202) | 173 | 202 | 164 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TELEPIC, PLACIT, CAPLE, CLEEP, CLIPE, CALP, CAPI, PELTAE, CITAL, ICTAL, LACET, PELTA and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EPILATE, CEILI, CLIT, LIPA, LIPE, PALI, CAL, TEC and TE, 9 in all.
This word takes every letter of TAILPIECE plus a single extra one.