Unscramble BACTEROID and you have 295 words, BACTEROID itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 6 shorter words score 12, among them CARBIDE, BROCADE and CATBIRD. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from BACTEROID by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 21 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2.
5 of 21 7-letter words in BACTEROID tie at 12 points; none scores more. EROTICA, AEROBIC and CARBIDE will look familiar.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BACTEROID; 5 of them share the top score of 11. CREDIT, DIRECT and EDITOR are everyday picks.
CEBID tops the 5-letter words from BACTEROID at 10 points; next come ACERB and BARIC on 9. BOARD, ADOBE and BROAD will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from BACTEROID, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. CODE, CARD and DEBT are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in BACTEROID, BAC, CAB and COB tie for first at 7 points. CAR, ACT and BAD are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of BACTEROID for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with BA · ending in ID · all 9-letter words
What BACTEROID means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept BACTEROID, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACTEROID itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 295) | 237 | 295 | 222 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 58 of them: DECARB, ARCTOID, CABRIE, CABRIO, CABRIT, DEBITOR, ACIDER, BARDIE, BETROD, BRAIDE, CABRE, CARDIE and 46 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: BARCODE, CARDIO, DACITE, ADBOT, RECOAT, CRED, DOBE, ACRO, BAE, ECO, OBA, TEC and 3 more.
These 3 words take every letter of BACTEROID plus a single extra one.