Unscramble BACTERIOID and you have 315 words, BACTERIOID itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 15 points: ABORTICIDE. BACTEROID is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BACTERIOID by length: 2 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 8 with 8, 33 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2.
The 10-letter words in BACTERIOID are 2: BACTERIOID itself and 1 anagram, ABORTICIDE. Each scores 15 points.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with BACTERIOID letters: BACTEROID, for 14 points.
Of the 33 7-letter words you get when you unscramble BACTERIOID, 6 score 12 points, the group's best. EROTICA, AEROBIC and CARBIDE are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words in BACTERIOID; 5 of them share the top score of 11. CREDIT, DIRECT and EROTIC are everyday picks.
CEBID tops the 5-letter words made with BACTERIOID letters at 10 points; next come ACERB and BARIC on 9. BOARD, ADOBE and BROAD will look familiar.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BACTERIOID; 4 of them share the top score of 8. CODE, CARD and DEBT are everyday picks.
BAC, CAB and COB share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words from BACTERIOID. CAR, ACT and BAD are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of BACTERIOID for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ID · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BACTEROID (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: BACTERIOID is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACTERIOID itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 315) | 254 | 315 | 237 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
61 of the 315 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ABORTICIDE, BACTERIOID, ABIETIC, DECARB, ACIDIER, ARCTIID, ARCTOID, CABRIE, CABRIO, CABRIT, DEBITOR, ICTERID and 49 more. 17 of the 315 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BARCODE, BRIDIE, CARDIO, DACITE, ADBOT, RECOAT, BIDI, CRED, DOBE, ACRO, BAE, ECO and 5 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of BACTERIOID and one more.