Unscramble ELLIPSOIDS and you have 297 words, ELLIPSOIDS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are ELLIPSOID and LIPIDOSES, 12 points each. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ELLIPSOIDS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 9 with 8, 24 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Of the 24 7-letter words from ELLIPSOIDS, 12 score 10 points, the group's best. DISPOSE, SPOILED and SPILLED are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ELLIPSOIDS, the top score is 9, reached by 22. SLIDES, SPELLS and SLOPES are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ELLIPSOIDS, 17 score 8 points, the group's best. POLLS, PILLS and SPELL are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from ELLIPSOIDS; 13 of them share the top score of 7. DOES, DELL and POLL are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words in ELLIPSOIDS, 5 score 6 points, the group's best. OLD, OIL and LED are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ELLIPSOIDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with EL · ending in DS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by LIPIDOSES (12 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ELLIPSOIDS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIPSOIDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 297) | 240 | 297 | 221 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SOLIPEDS, DISPLES, PELOIDS, SOLIPED, DISPLE, ILLIPES, PELOID, PILLIES, POLISES, POLLIES, POSSED, SPELDS and 45 more, 57 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LIPIDOSES, LIPOED, PEDIS, POLIES, DEPS, LIPOS, OLLIED, PEDI, DEP, DESIS, LIPE, LIPO and 7 more, 19 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of ELLIPSOIDS spell the words below.