261 words come out when you unscramble LODICULES, starting with LODICULES itself: 12 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 11: 4 of them, COLLIDES, CODILLES and COLLUDES included. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from LODICULES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 18 with 7, 39 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Of the 39 6-letter words from LODICULES, 14 score 9 points, the group's best. CLOSED, CLOUDS and OLDIES are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LODICULES; 29 of them share the top score of 8. CLOSE, CELLS and CODES are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words made with LODICULES letters, the top score is 7, reached by 22. DOES, CODE and CELL are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble LODICULES, 4 score 6 points, the group's best. OLD, DUE and OIL are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of LODICULES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with LO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What LODICULES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LODICULES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LODICULES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 261) | 208 | 261 | 189 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 53 of them: CODILLES, CODILLE, COLDIES, DULCOSE, COLDIE, COLLED, DOLCES, SOUCED, CIDES, CLIED, COSED, DOCUS and 41 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: COUDES, DULCES, DULCE, ILLUDES, LOCIES, ILLUDE, LOCIE, LOCIS, OLLIED, ECOS, LOCS, OLLIES and 7 more.
This word takes every letter of LODICULES plus a single extra one.