Unscramble DOLES and you have 56 words, DOLES itself among them: it scores 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. 5 anagrams of DOLES are on the page: DELOS, LODES, LOSED, SOLDE and SOLED, each 6 points. 5 letters: 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DOLES split into 6 with 5 letters, 19 with 4, 21 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Keep every letter of DOLES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with DO · ending in ES · all 5-letter words
The meaning of DOLES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DOLES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOLES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 56) | 46 | 56 | 44 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
10 of the 56 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DELOS, LOSED, SOLDE, DELO, LODS, SELD, DSO, LOD, SED and LOS. 2 of the 56 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: OLDE and EDS.
With one more tile, the letters of DOLES spell the words below.