Unscramble DELPHINOIDS and you have 355 words, DELPHINOIDS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. DELPHINOID is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DELPHINOIDS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 21 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2. None has 9 letters.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words made with DELPHINOIDS letters: DELPHINOID, 17 points.
21 8-letter words in DELPHINOIDS; 7 of them share the top score of 14. POLISHED, DOLPHINS and SPLENDID are everyday picks.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DELPHINOIDS, 7 score 13 points, the group's best. DOLPHIN, SPINDLE and EPSILON are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 6-letter words from DELPHINOIDS tie at 12 points; none scores more. PHONES, HIDDEN and POLISH will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from DELPHINOIDS, 4 score 11 points, the group's best. PHONE, HELPS and HOLDS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in DELPHINOIDS; 18 of them share the top score of 9. HELP, SHOP and HELD are everyday picks.
7 of 60 3-letter words made with DELPHINOIDS letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. DID, DIE and HIP will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DELPHINOIDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with DE · ending in DS · all 11-letter words
What DELPHINOIDS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: DELPHINOIDS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELPHINOIDS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 355) | 280 | 355 | 251 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DELPHINS, DIPHONES, DELPHIN, DIPHONE, ENDSHIP, PIEDISH, DELPHS, DISPONED, HODDLES, LINISHED, NEDDISH, POSHED and 63 more, 75 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DELPHINOIDS, DELPHINOID, DONSHIP, SIDDHI, DELISH, PHEOS, DESHI, DOILIED, HEPS, HOISIN, LINDIED, LIPOED and 17 more, 29 in all.