Unscramble ADOPTIOUS to get 233 words. ADOPTIOUS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. ADIPOUS, APODOUS and UPSTOOD are the best of the shorter words, at 10 points. 9 letters: 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ADOPTIOUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 18 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2. None has 8 letters.
12 of 60 5-letter words from ADOPTIOUS tie at 8 points; none scores more. AUDIO, AUDIT and ADOPT will look familiar.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ADOPTIOUS; 17 of them share the top score of 7. POST, PAST and TIPS are everyday picks.
7 of 60 3-letter words from ADOPTIOUS tie at 6 points; none scores more. TOP, PUT and ADS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ADOPTIOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ADIPOUS, APODOUS and UPSTOOD (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ADOPTIOUS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADOPTIOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 233) | 191 | 233 | 171 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
42 of the 233 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ADOPTIOUS, ASPOUT, ASTOOP, DOUPS, PUTID, PUTOIS, DIOTAS, DOPS, DOUP, OUPAS, PATUS, POOTS and 30 more. 20 of the 233 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: OUTSAID, PISTOU, AUDIST, APOS, DOSAI, DOUTS, OPAS, POOS, PTUI, TOPO, APO, OPA and 8 more.