Unscramble PALUDINE and you have 233 words, PALUDINE itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are PLAINED and UNPILED, 10 points each. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PALUDINE split into 1 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 27 with 6, 57 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Among 27 6-letter words in PALUDINE, the top score is 9, reached by 11. DENIAL, LINEUP and UNPAID are the familiar ones.
18 of 57 5-letter words from PALUDINE tie at 8 points; none scores more. PANEL, IDEAL and PLAIN will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PALUDINE, the top score is 7, reached by 9. PLAN, IDEA and DEAL are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words in PALUDINE, 7 score 6 points, the group's best. END, DUE and AID are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PALUDINE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PA · ending in NE · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PLAINED and UNPILED (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts PALUDINE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALUDINE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 233) | 188 | 233 | 177 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PALUDINE, PAIDLE, UNIPED, UPLAID, UPLEAD, EUPAD, LEPID, PENDU, PIEND, UPLEAN, UPLED, DUALIN and 33 more, 45 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NAPED, PEDI, PELAU, DEP, LIPA, LIPE, PALI, DENI, DAN, LUD and DA, 11 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of PALUDINE and one more.