Unscramble ONCOLYSIS and you have 188 words, ONCOLYSIS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
O1N12C34O1L12Y43S1I1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ONCOLYSIS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 7, 16 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with ONCOLYSIS letters: CLOISONS, for 10 points.
6 of 44 5-letter words from ONCOLYSIS tie at 10 points; none scores more. COINS, ICONS and SONIC will look familiar.
60 4-letter words in ONCOLYSIS; 6 of them share the top score of 9. ONLY, LOSS and SOON are everyday picks.
CLY, COY and ICY are the top 3-letter words made with ONCOLYSIS letters, 8 points each. OIL, SON and CON will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ONCOLYSIS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with ON · ending in IS · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by COLONY, COSILY and SYCONS (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ONCOLYSIS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ONCOLYSIS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 188) | 156 | 187 | 147 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ONCOLYSIS, CLOISONS, CLOISON, COOSINS, SCOLION, CLY, COOSIN, SOILY, LOYS, NOYS, OOSY, LOY and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SYCONS, SYCON, LOCIS, LOCS, LOC, SOC, ONOS, ONO and OI, 9 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: COOLY.