Unscramble OLYMPIADS and you have 264 words, OLYMPIADS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 17 points: SYMPODIAL. OLYMPIAD, PSALMODY and SYMPODIA are the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from OLYMPIADS by length: 2 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 14 with 7, 30 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2.
Among 30 6-letter words from OLYMPIADS, the top score is 14, reached by 4. SIMPLY, DISMAL and DISMAY are the familiar ones.
DAMPY tops the 5-letter words in OLYMPIADS at 13 points; next come AMPLY and IMPLY on 12. DAILY, PLAYS and LAMPS will look familiar.
The 4-letter words made with OLYMPIADS letters are led by MOPY and YOMP, 11 points each. DAYS, PLAY and MAPS are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble OLYMPIADS; 11 of them share the top score of 8. MAY, DAY and MAP are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of OLYMPIADS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OL · ending in DS · all 9-letter words
OLYMPIADS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OLYMPIADS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLYMPIADS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 264) | 210 | 264 | 194 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 54 of them: DIMPSY, MIDPAY, DAMPY, DISMAYL, LADYISM, ODYLISM, DIAMYL, ISOAMYL, MOPSY, MYOIDS, MYOPS, PAYSD and 42 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: MOPILY, DISOMY, DOPILY, YOMPS, YOMP, MOLYS, MODALS, MIPS, SPAM, YAS, APO, MOI and 4 more.
This word takes every letter of OLYMPIADS plus a single extra one.