Unscramble FACTOIDS to get 211 words. FACTOIDS itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
F4A1C34T1O1I1D2S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from FACTOIDS split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 13 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
4 of 51 5-letter words from FACTOIDS tie at 10 points; none scores more. COAST, FACTS and COSTA will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FACTOIDS, 7 score 9 points, the group's best. COST, FAST and FACT are the ones most people know.
CAF tops the 3-letter words from FACTOIDS at 8 points; next come DIF and DOF on 7. ITS, ACT and SAT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of FACTOIDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with FA · ending in DS · all 8-letter words
What FACTOIDS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. FACTOIDS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FACTOIDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 211) | 164 | 210 | 152 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
46 of the 211 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FACTIS, FASCIO, FASCI, FICOS, CODIST, DIACTS, FOIDS, SODAIC, DIACT, DICTS, FASTI, FOID and 34 more. 12 of the 211 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CAFS, CAF, DIFS, DIF, DOSAI, SOCA, SOC, DAS, ODA, ATS, DA and OI. 1 of the 211 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.