Hidden inside edictal sit citadel, deltaic, dialect and 1 other, seven-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 10 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 147 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
citadel, deltaic, dialect and 6 others tie for the highest Scrabble score from edictal at 10 points. The top 10 of 147 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 4 seven-letter words hiding in edictal: three come from rearranging its letters, and edictal itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these seven-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are citadel, deltaic, dialect, and edictal, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling edictal turns up 8 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with detail. For points, the strongest plays are dacite, delict, deltic, and talced — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 23 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in edictal. If a familiar word is all you need, start with acted, dealt, and ideal. For points, the strongest plays are acted, alcid, cadet, cited, clade, decal, dicta, edict, and laced — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in edictal produces 56 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with acid, date, deal, deli, dial, dice, and diet. For points, the strongest plays are aced, acid, cade, cadi, caid, cedi, clad, dace, dice, and iced — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling edictal turns up 39 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with act, aid, ate, cat, die, eat, and ice. For points, the strongest play is cad — worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 17 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in edictal. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ad, at, id, and it. For points, the strongest plays are ad, da, de, ed, and id — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in edictal and you get a different seven-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 6 of the 7 letters, not all of them.
edictal is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
edictal is one of four seven-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing edictal unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are citadel, deltaic, dialect, and edictal, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from edictal earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in edictal produce 147 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 4 seven-letter words, 8 six-letter words, 23 five-letter words, 56 four-letter words, 39 three-letter words and 17 two-letter words.