12 words come out when you unscramble TICE, starting with TICE itself: 6 in Scrabble, 7 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 6 points: CITE and ETIC. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 5 points, ICE, TEC and TIC among them. It has 4 letters, 2 vowels and 2 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from TICE by length: 3 with 4 letters, 5 with 3 and 4 with 2.
Keep every letter of TICE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with TI · ending in CE · all 4-letter words
Add two letters to TICE:
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CITE and ETIC (6 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts TICE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TICE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 12) | 10 | 12 | 8 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TICE and CIT, 2 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TEC and TE, 2 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of TICE plus a single extra one.