Unscramble HOMALOID and you have 145 words, HOMALOID itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from HOMALOID split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 11 with 5, 52 with 4, 49 with 3 and 25 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with HOMALOID letters: HALIDOM, 13 points.
6 of 52 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HOMALOID tie at 9 points; none scores more. MAIL, HOLD and LOAD will look familiar.
Of the 49 3-letter words from HOMALOID, 5 score 8 points, the group's best. HAD, OLD and OIL are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of HOMALOID but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with HO · ending in ID · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HALIDOM (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts HOMALOID, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOMALOID itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 145) | 114 | 145 | 99 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 31 of them: HOMALOID, HOLMIA, HOODIA, OMLAH, MIHA, DHOL, HILD, MOOLI, OOIDAL, DOLIA, HOA, HOI and 19 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: HOMA, MOHO, HOM, ODAH, DOH, HOLO, AHI, HOO, LAH, LOID, MOI, OMA and 3 more.
With one more tile, the letters of HOMALOID spell the words below.