Unscramble LOIRS and you have 30 words, LOIRS itself among them: it scores 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 5 points: LORIS and ROILS. The best shorter words score 4: 7 of them, SOIL, OILS and SILO included. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from LOIRS split into 3 with 5 letters, 7 with 4, 11 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Keep every letter of LOIRS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with LO · ending in RS · all 5-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; LORIS and ROILS (5 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: LOIRS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOIRS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 30) | 23 | 30 | 21 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
7 of the 30 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LOIRS, LOIR, IOS, ISO, LOS, OIS and IO. 2 of the 30 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LOR and OI.
With one more tile, the letters of LOIRS spell the words below.