228 words come out when you unscramble DELPHINIA, starting with DELPHINIA itself: 15 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 13, among them PINHEAD, DELPHIN and HEADPIN. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DELPHINIA by length: 1 with 9 letters, 8 with 7, 20 with 6, 53 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 8 letters.
DAPHNE tops the 6-letter words made with DELPHINIA letters at 12 points; next come HAILED and HAINED on 10. HANDLE, DENIAL and NAILED will look familiar.
The 5-letter words from DELPHINIA are led by APHID and DELPH, 11 points each. PANEL, IDEAL and PLAIN are the familiar ones.
EPHA, HEAP and HELP share the top score of 9 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DELPHINIA. PLAN, HAND and HEAD are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words made with DELPHINIA letters, the top score is 8, reached by 6. HAD, END and AID are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DELPHINIA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DE · ending in IA · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HEADPIN, HELIPAD and PINHEAD (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: DELPHINIA is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELPHINIA itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 228) | 193 | 228 | 180 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 35 of them: DELPHIN, DELPH, HIELAND, HAINED, AHIND, HEALD, PAIDLE, HEID, HEND, HILD, LEPID, PIEND and 23 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: DELPHINIA, AHED, NAPED, PEDI, PIANI, AHI, DEP, LAH, LIPA, LIPE, PALI, DAN and 1 more.
With one more tile, the letters of DELPHINIA spell the words below.