Unscramble PAROICOUS and you have 230 words, PAROICOUS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 11, among them COPIOUS, PROSAIC and OPACOUS. The 9 letters split into 5 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PAROICOUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 7, 23 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PAROICOUS, the top score is 9, reached by 28. CORPS, PAIRS and CROPS are the familiar ones.
21 of 60 4-letter words from PAROICOUS tie at 8 points; none scores more. CARS, PICS and POOR will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PAROICOUS, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. CAR, AIR and PRO are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of PAROICOUS, with one letter different:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; COPIOUS, PICAROS and PROSAIC (11 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: PAROICOUS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAROICOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 230) | 182 | 228 | 156 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
48 of the 230 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PAROICOUS, OPACOUS, PICRAS, PSORIC, CAUPS, CORIOUS, PACOS, PICRA, SCAPI, SCOUP, CAPI, CAUP and 36 more. 24 of the 230 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CAPRI, SCOPA, CAURIS, COPI, ACROS, CAURI, CRIAS, OSCAR, ACRO, APOS, CORS, CRIA and 12 more. 2 of the 230 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIPS and CRIP.
These 2 words take every letter of PAROICOUS plus a single extra one.