Unscramble OLDSTYLE and you have 189 words, OLDSTYLE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 6 reach 10 points, STYLED, ODYLES and SOYLED among them. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from OLDSTYLE split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 14 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in OLDSTYLE: TOLLEYS, for 10 points.
11 of 44 5-letter words from OLDSTYLE tie at 9 points; none scores more. STYLE, DOLLS and TELLS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OLDSTYLE, the top score is 8, reached by 15. DOES, TOYS and TOLD are the familiar ones.
Of the 52 3-letter words from OLDSTYLE, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. SET, OLD and YES are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OLDSTYLE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with OL · ending in LE · all 8-letter words
The meaning of OLDSTYLE, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OLDSTYLE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLDSTYLE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 189) | 139 | 189 | 132 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 50 of them: SOYLED, TOLLEYS, LYTED, TOLLEY, TOLSEY, DOYS, EYOTS, LYSOL, LYTES, SOYLE, STYLO, SYED and 38 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: DELTS, DELT, OLDE, EDS, EST, TES and TE.
This word takes every letter of OLDSTYLE plus a single extra one.