257 words come out when you unscramble METALLOID, starting with METALLOID itself: 12 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are MELODIA and MODELLI, 10 points each. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from METALLOID split into 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 33 with 2. None has 8 letters.
14 of 38 6-letter words in METALLOID tie at 9 points; none scores more. DETAIL, ALLIED and MAILED will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble METALLOID, 20 score 8 points, the group's best. EMAIL, MEDIA and MODEL are the ones most people know.
14 of 60 4-letter words from METALLOID tie at 7 points; none scores more. TIME, MAIL and ITEM will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from METALLOID, 7 score 6 points, the group's best. ALL, OLD and AID are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of METALLOID for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with ME · ending in ID · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with MELODIA (10 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept METALLOID, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| METALLOID itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 257) | 215 | 257 | 204 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
42 of the 257 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MODELLI, MAELID, LOMED, MOLED, MOTED, TOMIAL, LALDIE, MATLO, MOILE, MOLLA, TOMIA, ALOED and 30 more. 11 of the 257 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DEMOI, EMAIL, METOL, OLLIED, EMO, MOI, OMA, ODA, DA, OI and TE.
With one more tile, the letters of METALLOID spell the words below.