393 words come out when you unscramble DROSOPHILAE, starting with DROSOPHILAE itself: 17 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DROSOPHILAE by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 4 with 9, 43 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 43 with 2.
All 2 of the 10-letter words in DROSOPHILAE score 16 points. DROSOPHILA is the one most people know.
Among 43 8-letter words from DROSOPHILAE, the top score is 14, reached by 13. POLISHED and PARODIES are the familiar ones.
11 of 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DROSOPHILAE tie at 13 points; none scores more. HOLDERS, DESPAIR and DIAPERS will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from DROSOPHILAE, 12 score 12 points, the group's best. POLISH, PHRASE and PARISH are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words in DROSOPHILAE, the top score is 11, reached by 5. HEARD, PHASE and HELPS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with DROSOPHILAE letters, 27 score 9 points, the group's best. HELP, SHOP and HARD are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DROSOPHILAE; 9 of them share the top score of 8. HAS, HAD and HIP are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DROSOPHILAE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with DR · ending in AE · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by APHORISED (15 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts DROSOPHILAE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DROSOPHILAE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 393) | 331 | 391 | 293 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
62 of the 393 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DROSOPHILAE, APEHOODS, PHOLADES, APEHOOD, HELIODORS, DELPHS, HELIODOR, POSHED, PROSODIAL, DELPH, EPISODAL, HARELDS and 50 more. 38 of the 393 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HORDEOLA, ROSEHIP, DEHAIRS, LIPREADS, PHASER, PISHER, PRELOADS, DEHAIR, DEHORS, DELISH, HALIERS, PHEOS and 26 more. 2 of the 393 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: HARELIPS and HARELIP.
With one more tile, the letters of DROSOPHILAE spell the words below.