Unscramble TIKA and you have 19 words, TIKA itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 8 points: IKAT, KATI and TAKI. It has 4 letters, 2 vowels and 2 consonants.
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By length, the words from TIKA split into 4 with 4 letters, 8 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Keep every letter of TIKA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with TI · ending in KA · all 4-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; IKAT (8 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: TIKA is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIKA itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 19) | 11 | 19 | 10 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
8 of the 19 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KATI, TAKI, TIKA, KAI, TAK, TIK, ITA and TAI. 1 of the 19 answers is missing from Words With Friends*: KI.
These 12 words take every letter of TIKA plus a single extra one.