Unscramble ISOPODOUS to get 115 words. ISOPODOUS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
I1S1O1P34O1D2O1U12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ISOPODOUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 4 with 6, 11 with 5, 38 with 4, 43 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in ISOPODOUS: ISOPODS, for 10 points.
10 of 38 4-letter words from ISOPODOUS tie at 7 points; none scores more. SOUP, OPUS and PODS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ISOPODOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with IS · ending in US · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ISOPODS (10 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: ISOPODOUS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISOPODOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 115) | 82 | 115 | 76 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
33 of the 115 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ISOPODOUS, DOUPS, SPODS, DOPS, DOUP, SOOPS, SPOD, DOP, OUPS, POSS, SOOP, SUIDS and 21 more. 6 of the 115 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: POOS, POO, POS, PO, SUS and OI.