172 words come out when you unscramble IODOPHILE, starting with IODOPHILE itself: 15 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from IODOPHILE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 15 with 6, 25 with 5, 59 with 4, 50 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 8 or 7 letters.
Of the 59 4-letter words from IODOPHILE, 6 score 9 points, the group's best. HELP, HELD and HOPE are the ones most people know.
Among 50 3-letter words you get when you unscramble IODOPHILE, the top score is 8, reached by 7. OLD, OIL and LED are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of IODOPHILE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with IO · ending in LE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; HOOPED and POOHED (12 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts IODOPHILE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IODOPHILE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 172) | 142 | 172 | 126 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: IODOPHILE, DELPH, POHED, HOIED, PELOID, DHOL, HEID, HILD, LEPID, OOPED, HIOI, LOIPE and 18 more, 30 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LIPOED, PHEO, PHO, POOED, DOH, HOLO, PEDI, DEP, HOO, LIPE, LIPO, LOID and 4 more, 16 in all.