79 words come out when you unscramble LIMULOID, starting with LIMULOID itself: 11 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 9, among them MODULI, DOLIUM and IDOLUM. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LIMULOID split into 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 6, 8 with 5, 26 with 4, 24 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Trade one tile of LIMULOID for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with LI · ending in ID · all 8-letter words
What LIMULOID means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LIMULOID, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIMULOID itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 79) | 63 | 79 | 56 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 16 of them: DOLIUM, IDOLUM, LOLIUM, MODII, MUID, DILLI, MUIL, MOU, OLID, OLM, OULD, LOD and 4 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: DUM, LOID, LUDO, MOI, LILO, LUD and OI.
This word takes every letter of LIMULOID plus a single extra one.