Unscramble ODALS and you have 48 words, ODALS itself among them: it scores 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. ODALS has 2 anagrams here, ALODS and LOADS, scoring 6 like ODALS itself. Among the shorter answers, 14 reach 5 points, SOLD, LOAD and OLDS among them. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ODALS by length: 3 with 5 letters, 16 with 4, 19 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Keep every letter of ODALS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with OD · ending in LS · all 5-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by LOADS (6 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ODALS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ODALS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 48) | 39 | 48 | 34 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 9 of them: ALODS, ODALS, ALOD, LODS, ODAL, SADO, DSO, LOD and LOS. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: DOSA, ODAS, DAS, ODA and DA.
These 12 words take every letter of ODALS plus a single extra one.