Jumble solved
Is BASILICAL a word? Yes.
BASILICAL is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 9 letters, worth 13 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 119 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 119
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 9 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 5
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (A, I, I, A) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 5 remaining consonants (B, S, L, C, L).
Anagrams of BASILICAL
One word uses all 9 letters:
- basilical
9-letter words
1 word found8-letter words
1 word found- basilica12
7-letter words
3 words found6-letter words
11 words found- cabals10
5-letter words
29 words found+ 14 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
35 words found+ 20 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
28 words found+ 13 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
11 words foundWords hidden inside BASILICAL
Without moving a single letter, reading basilical straight through uncovers 6 shorter words — basilica, basilic, silica, basil, bas, cal. The longest unbroken run is basilica.
Related jumbles to try
Shorter words inside BASILICAL — solve each on its own:
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
9
Distinct
6
Vowels
44%
A, I, I, A
Consonants
56%
B, S, L, C, L
Browse more word lists
Explore every word of a given length — each links to its anagrams and solution.
Practise your unscrambling
Unscrambling gets faster with reps — these two are built for that.
Solving BASILICAL: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters basilical?
Rearranging the 9 letters in basilical produces 119 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 9-letter answer basilical here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does basilical have any anagrams?
Using all 9 letters, basilical rearranges into exactly one word: basilical.
What is the longest word you can make from basilical?
The longest solution is basilical at 9 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from basilical?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: basilical yields aal, aas, aba, abs, ail, ais, ala, alb, all and als. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
Which word from basilical scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, basilical is the top scorer from basilical at 13 points, followed by basilica (12), bacilli (11) and basilic (11). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside basilical?
Read left to right without moving any letters and basilical already contains 6 shorter words: basilica, basilic, silica, basil, bas and cal. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is basilica. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.