Unscramble LIDOS and you have 52 words, LIDOS itself among them: it scores 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. 6 anagrams of LIDOS are on the page: DIOLS, IDOLS, LOIDS, SLOID, SOLDI and SOLID, each 6 points. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LIDOS split into 7 with 5 letters, 16 with 4, 17 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Keep every letter of LIDOS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with LI · ending in OS · all 5-letter words
LIDOS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LIDOS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIDOS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 52) | 42 | 52 | 39 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
10 of the 52 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LODS, OLID, DSO, LOD, DI, IOS, ISO, LOS, OIS and IO. 3 of the 52 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LOIDS, LOID and OI.
These 11 words take every letter of LIDOS plus a single extra one.