Unscramble OILERIES and you have 143 words, OILERIES itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 5 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from OILERIES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 10 with 6, 31 with 5, 52 with 4, 32 with 3 and 15 with 2.
The 5-letter words from OILERIES come to 31, each scoring 5 points. ROLES, LOSER and REELS are the familiar ones.
All 52 of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OILERIES score 4 points. ROLE, ROSE and RISE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of OILERIES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with OI · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with LORIES, OILERS, OILIER, ORIELS, RELIES, REOILS, RESILE and RESOLE (6 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts OILERIES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OILERIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 143) | 109 | 143 | 107 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OILERIES, LOERIES, SOILIER, LOERIE, EISEL, EORLS, ESILE, LEIRS, LERES, LOIRS, RELIE, SILER and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LOR and OI, 2 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of OILERIES spell the words below.