Unscramble IDEOLOGUE and you have 176 words, IDEOLOGUE itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 6 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from IDEOLOGUE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 11 with 6, 33 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
OUGLIED is the only one of the 7-letter words in IDEOLOGUE; it scores 9 points.
17 of 33 5-letter words you get when you unscramble IDEOLOGUE tie at 7 points; none scores more. GUIDE, LODGE and GUILD will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from IDEOLOGUE, 13 score 6 points, the group's best. GOOD, GOLD and LOGO are the ones most people know.
Among 51 3-letter words made with IDEOLOGUE letters, the top score is 5, reached by 7. OLD, GOD and LOG are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of IDEOLOGUE for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with ID · ending in UE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DELUGE, DUOLOG, GOODIE, GUILED and LOGOED (8 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept IDEOLOGUE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEOLOGUE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 176) | 130 | 175 | 119 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 45 of them: OUGLIED, UGLIED, GLODE, GOOLD, OUGLIE, DEGU, DOOLE, ELOGE, GLID, LOGIE, LOUED, DEG and 33 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: LOGOED, GOOLIE, LOOGIE, OGEED, LEDE, LOID, LUDO, OLDE, LUD, GI and OI. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: UGLI.
With one more tile, the letters of IDEOLOGUE spell the words below.