Unscramble ORCHIDEOUS to get 331 words. ORCHIDEOUS itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. OCHIDORES is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ORCHIDEOUS split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 13 with 8, 47 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in ORCHIDEOUS: OCHIDORES, for 15 points.
47 7-letter words from ORCHIDEOUS; 14 of them share the top score of 13. CRUSHED, ORCHIDS and SOURCED are everyday picks.
18 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ORCHIDEOUS tie at 12 points; none scores more. CHOOSE, CHORUS and CHORDS will look familiar.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ORCHIDEOUS; 4 of them share the top score of 11. CODES, CHOSE and HIRED are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words from ORCHIDEOUS are led by CHID and DICH, 10 points each. SUCH, CODE and RICH are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 3-letter words in ORCHIDEOUS tie at 8 points; none scores more. DIE, ICE and SEC will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ORCHIDEOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
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Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CHOREOID, CHOROIDS, CHORUSED and OCHEROID (14 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts ORCHIDEOUS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORCHIDEOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 331) | 254 | 331 | 223 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ORCHIDEOUS, OCHIDORES, OCHIDORE, DROICHS, HEIDUCS, ROUCHED, CHOREUS, DROICH, HEIDUC, RICHED, CHODE, CUSHIE and 65 more, 77 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OCHEROID, CHUSED, CHIRUS, COHOES, CHIRU, CHUSE, COHOE, DEHORS, HOUSIER, OCHES, COUDES, DESHI and 19 more, 31 in all.