Unscramble IDEOLOGUES and you have 288 words, IDEOLOGUES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, IDEOLOGUE and EULOGISED lead with 11 points. The 10 letters split into 6 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from IDEOLOGUES split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 3 with 8, 17 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
23 of 60 6-letter words from IDEOLOGUES tie at 8 points; none scores more. GUIDES, DIESEL and LODGES will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble IDEOLOGUES, 29 score 7 points, the group's best. GUIDE, GOODS and LODGE are the ones most people know.
20 of 60 4-letter words from IDEOLOGUES tie at 6 points; none scores more. GOOD, DOES and GOLD will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in IDEOLOGUES, 7 score 5 points, the group's best. OLD, GOD and LOG are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of IDEOLOGUES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; EULOGISED (11 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
IDEOLOGUES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEOLOGUES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 288) | 212 | 288 | 198 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GOLDIES, LEGSIDE, OUGLIED, SOOGEED, SOOGIED, ELOGIES, GOOLDS, OUGLIES, UGLIED, DEGUS, DOOLES, ELOGES and 64 more, 76 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GOOLIES, LOGOED, LOOGIES, GOOLIE, LOOGIE, OGEED, DESI, EDS, GIS, GOS, LUD, SIG and 2 more, 14 in all.