181 words come out when you unscramble UNLYRICAL, starting with UNLYRICAL itself: 14 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CULINARY, UNCIALLY and URANYLIC lead with 13 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from UNLYRICAL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 2 with 7, 20 with 6, 38 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 15 with 2.
7 of 38 5-letter words from UNLYRICAL tie at 10 points; none scores more. RALLY, LYRIC and LUNAR will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble UNLYRICAL, 9 score 9 points, the group's best. CALL, NULL and RAIN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of UNLYRICAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with UN · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
What UNLYRICAL means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept UNLYRICAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNLYRICAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 181) | 149 | 181 | 135 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
32 of the 181 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RIANCY, CURNY, CANY, CRAY, LAURYL, LUNARY, RAILLY, RICY, CLY, CRINAL, LAURIC, NIRLY and 20 more. 14 of the 181 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LYCRA, LAIRY, LAYIN, CAURI, UNICA, CRIA, RYU, CAL, CRU, NAIRU, LARN, LUN and 2 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of UNLYRICAL and one more.