196 words come out when you unscramble NIDOROUS, starting with NIDOROUS itself: 9 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 4 reach 8 points, INDOORS, DIURONS and DURIONS among them. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from NIDOROUS split into 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 14 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 20 with 2.
40 5-letter words from NIDOROUS; 30 of them share the top score of 6. SOUND, ROUND and DOORS are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NIDOROUS, the top score is 5, reached by 39. SOON, DOOR and IRON are the familiar ones.
24 of 57 3-letter words you get when you unscramble NIDOROUS tie at 4 points; none scores more. SUN, RUN and SON will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of NIDOROUS, with one letter different:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; DIURONS, DURIONS, INDOORS and SORDINO (8 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: NIDOROUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIDOROUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 196) | 141 | 195 | 126 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
55 of the 196 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NIDOROUS, DOORNS, NIDORS, SUNDRI, DOORN, DORIS, NIDOR, RUDIS, RUNDS, SORDO, UNRID, UNSOD and 43 more. 14 of the 196 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DINOS, ROIDS, UDONS, UNDOS, URSID, DINO, ROID, UDON, ONOS, ROOS, ONO, ROO and 2 more. 1 of the 196 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: INROS.
These 2 words take every letter of NIDOROUS plus a single extra one.