Unscramble THYLACINE to get 281 words. THYLACINE itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. 8 shorter words score 15, among them CHANTEY, ETHYLIC and HYACINE. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from THYLACINE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 20 with 7, 49 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
20 7-letter words made with THYLACINE letters; 8 of them share the top score of 15. ETHICAL and LATENCY are everyday picks.
Among 49 6-letter words you get when you unscramble THYLACINE, the top score is 14, reached by 4. CLIENT, ETHNIC and NICELY are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 5-letter words from THYLACINE tie at 13 points; none scores more. CHINA, CHAIN and TEACH will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from THYLACINE, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. CITY, EACH and TECH are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 3-letter words in THYLACINE tie at 9 points; none scores more. CAN, ANY and ACT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of THYLACINE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TH · ending in NE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CHANTEY, ETHYLIC, HYAENIC, LECYTHI, TECHILY and YACHTIE (15 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. THYLACINE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| THYLACINE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 281) | 226 | 281 | 206 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
55 of the 281 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HYACINE, LYNCHET, CYATHI, CHAINLET, HYLIC, TICHY, ALETHIC, CANTILY, CHANTIE, EATHLY, LINCHET, THYINE and 43 more. 20 of the 281 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: YACHTIE, CHATLINE, LINHAY, LYCH, HIYA, LANCH, NYAH, TALCY, CATH, CHAI, ECHT, TECH and 8 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of THYLACINE and one more.