Unscramble ISOPTEROUS and you have 353 words, ISOPTEROUS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are PORTOISES, PORTOUSES and POSTURISE, 11 points each. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ISOPTEROUS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 22 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
21 of 22 8-letter words in ISOPTEROUS tie at 10 points; none scores more. ISOTOPES will look familiar.
All 60 of the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ISOPTEROUS score 9 points. POSTERS, STRIPES and PRIESTS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words from ISOPTEROUS scores 8. POSTER, PRIEST and PURSES are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 5-letter words made with ISOPTEROUS letters score 7 points. POSTS, PRESS and SETUP are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ISOPTEROUS come to 60, each scoring 6 points. POST, PORT and POOR are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words from ISOPTEROUS; 35 of them share the top score of 5. OUT, ITS and TOP are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of ISOPTEROUS, with one letter different:
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Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ISOTOPES, OUTPRESS, POSTURES, PROSIEST, PROSTIES, PURSIEST, REPOSITS and RIPOSTES (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: ISOPTEROUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISOPTEROUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 353) | 265 | 353 | 241 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
88 of the 353 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ISOPTEROUS, PORTOISES, PORTOUSES, POSTURISE, OUTROPES, PERIOSTS, PORTEOUS, PORTOISE, ROOPIEST, SEPTUORS, SPORTIES, SPOUTIER and 76 more. 24 of the 353 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ESPOIRS, PERITUS, PISTOUS, POSIEST, POSTIES, REPOSTS, SITREPS, ESPOIR, PISTOU, POSIER, POSTIE, REPOST and 12 more.
This word takes every letter of ISOPTEROUS plus a single extra one.