Unscramble LODS to get 18 words. LODS itself is a real word: 5 points on a Scrabble board, 6 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 5 points: DOLS, OLDS and SOLD. The best shorter words score 4: 7 of them, OLD, DOS and DOL included. 4 letters: 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from LODS split into 4 with 4 letters, 9 with 3 and 5 with 2.
Keep every letter of LODS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with LO · ending in DS · all 4-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DOLS, OLDS and SOLD (5 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LODS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LODS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 18) | 14 | 18 | 14 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LODS, DSO, LOD and LOS, 4 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of LODS spell the words below.