Unscramble PILAO and you have 34 words, PILAO itself among them: it scores 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of PILAO are on the page: APIOL and PAOLI, each 7 points. Among the shorter answers, 7 reach 6 points, OPAL, PAIL and PALI among them. The 5 letters split into 3 vowels and 2 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PILAO by length: 3 with 5 letters, 7 with 4, 13 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Keep every letter of PILAO but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with PI · ending in AO · all 5-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; LIPA, LIPO, OPAL, PAIL, PALI and PIAL (6 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: PILAO 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PILAO itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 34) | 28 | 34 | 21 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: LIPA, LIPO, PALI, APO, OPA, PO and OI. Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 6 of them: APIOL, PAOLI, PILAO, PILA, POA and IO.
These 7 words take every letter of PILAO plus a single extra one.