248 words come out when you unscramble ELLIPSOID, starting with ELLIPSOID itself: 12 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PLOIDIES leads with 11 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ELLIPSOID split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 16 with 7, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in ELLIPSOID: PLOIDIES, for 11 points.
Among 32 6-letter words from ELLIPSOID, the top score is 9, reached by 16. OLDIES, LILIES and POISED are the familiar ones.
16 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ELLIPSOID tie at 8 points; none scores more. DOLLS, POLLS and PILLS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words in ELLIPSOID, the top score is 7, reached by 13. DOES, DELL and POLL are the familiar ones.
5 of 57 3-letter words made with ELLIPSOID letters tie at 6 points; none scores more. OLD, OIL and LED will look familiar.
Trade one tile of ELLIPSOID for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with EL · ending in ID · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PLOIDIES (11 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ELLIPSOID works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIPSOID itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 248) | 200 | 248 | 183 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PELOIDS, SOLIPED, DISPLE, ILLIPES, PELOID, PILLIES, POLLIES, ELLOPS, ILLIPE, LEPID, PILLIE, SPELD and 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LIPOED, PEDIS, POLIES, DEPS, LIPOS, OLLIED, PEDI, DEP, LIPE, LIPO, LOIDS, OLLIES and 5 more, 17 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of ELLIPSOID and one more.