Unscramble PALUDINAL and you have 157 words, PALUDINAL itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PALUDINAL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 12 with 6, 25 with 5, 54 with 4, 44 with 3 and 17 with 2.
NAUPLIAL is the only one of the 8-letter words in PALUDINAL; it scores 10 points.
APAID, PANDA and PLAID are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PALUDINAL, 8 points each. PLAIN and LUPIN will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words from PALUDINAL, PADI, PAID and PAND tie for first at 7 points. PLAN, LAND and PAIN are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of PALUDINAL for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PA · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with NAUPLIAL, PALADIN and PALUDAL (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts PALUDINAL, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALUDINAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 157) | 125 | 157 | 114 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PALUDINAL, UPLAID, APAID, PILLAU, PILULA, DUALIN, PALLA, PAND, PULLI, ALAP, LAUND, PAAL and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LIPA, NAPA, PAAN, PALI, PAUA, DAN, LUD, NALA, DA, LUN and UNI, 11 in all.