Unscramble ELAPIDS and you have 230 words, ELAPIDS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 6 anagrams of ELAPIDS are on the page: ALIPEDS, LAIPSED, LAPIDES, PAIDLES, PALSIED and PLEIADS, each 10 points. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of ELAPIDS in one turn: 60 in Scrabble (10 + 50), 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ELAPIDS by length: 7 with 7 letters, 25 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 20 with 2.
15 of 25 6-letter words made with ELAPIDS letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. LADIES, IDEALS and PEDALS will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ELAPIDS, the top score is 8, reached by 19. DEALS, IDEAS and IDEAL are the familiar ones.
12 of 60 4-letter words from ELAPIDS tie at 7 points; none scores more. DEAL, PAID and AIDS will look familiar.
Among 58 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ELAPIDS, the top score is 6, reached by 5. SEA, ADS and AID are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ELAPIDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with EL · ending in DS · all 7-letter words
What ELAPIDS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ELAPIDS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELAPIDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 230) | 190 | 230 | 177 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
40 of the 230 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LAIPSED, PAIDLES, DISPLE, PAIDLE, LAIPSE, LEPID, PILEAS, SEPAD, SPALD, SPELD, SPIDE, ELIADS and 28 more. 13 of the 230 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PEDIS, DEPS, LIPAS, PALIS, PEDI, DEP, LIPA, LIPE, PALI, DESI, DAS, EDS and 1 more.
With one more tile, the letters of ELAPIDS spell the words below.