Unscramble PARDALS and you have 87 words, PARDALS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PARDAL leads with 9 points. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of PARDALS in one turn: 60 in Scrabble (10 + 50), 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PARDALS by length: 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 18 with 5, 31 with 4, 28 with 3 and 8 with 2.
There is a single one of the 6-letter words made with PARDALS letters: PARDAL, 9 points.
Of the 31 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PARDALS, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. PADS, PALS and ALPS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PARDALS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with PA · ending in LS · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 4 strongest answers mean; PARDS (8 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts PARDALS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARDALS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 87) | 64 | 85 | 59 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 23 of them: PARDALS, PARDAL, DRAPS, PRADS, SPALD, SPARD, SPRAD, ALAPS, ARPAS, DRAP, PAALS, PALAS and 11 more. Words With Friends* skips 3 of them: PALSA, DAS and DA. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: LARPS and LARP.
These 3 words take every letter of PARDALS plus a single extra one.