Unscramble UNCHICLY and you have 48 words, UNCHICLY itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is CHICLY, 16 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
U12N12C34H43I1C34L12Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from UNCHICLY by length: 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 6, 8 with 5, 11 with 4, 13 with 3 and 9 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Keep every letter of UNCHICLY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with UN · ending in LY · all 8-letter words
UNCHICLY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept UNCHICLY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNCHICLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 48) | 39 | 48 | 35 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLUNCH, HYLIC, UNLICH, LINCH, CLY, CH, HUI, NY and YU, 9 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CYCLIN, LYCH, LUN and UNI, 4 in all.
This word takes every letter of UNCHICLY plus a single extra one.