Unscramble CHONDROID and you have 139 words, CHONDROID itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from CHONDROID by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 10 with 6, 21 with 5, 43 with 4, 44 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
CHORD scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CHONDROID at 11 points, ahead of CHINO and CHIRO on 10. HONOR, DONOR and CONDO are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from CHONDROID, CHID and DICH tie for first at 10 points. DOOR, RICH and INCH are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CHONDROID but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CH · ending in ID · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CHOROID and OCHROID (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CHONDROID 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHONDROID itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 139) | 103 | 139 | 94 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
36 of the 139 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHONDROID, DICHORD, CHONDRI, DROICH, COHORN, CHOON, DICH, HOORD, ROCH, DORIC, HOC, HOND and 24 more. 9 of the 139 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: OCH, DOH, DROID, HOO, DINO, ROID, ONO, ROO and OI.