Unscramble PLANARIA and you have 102 words, PLANARIA itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
P34L12A1N12A1R1I1A1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PLANARIA by length: 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 6, 12 with 5, 44 with 4, 28 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 7 letters.
20 of 44 4-letter words from PLANARIA tie at 6 points; none scores more. PLAN, PAIN and RAIN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PLANARIA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PL · ending in IA · all 8-letter words
PLANARIA first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PLANARIA, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLANARIA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 102) | 86 | 101 | 77 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 16 of them: PARIAL, ALAAP, ALAPA, PRIAL, ALAP, ARALIA, ARPA, PAAL, PILA, PIRL, PIR, ARNA and 4 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: PRANA, LIPA, NAPA, PAAN, PALI, LARN, NALA and RAI. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: LARP.
These 3 words take every letter of PLANARIA plus a single extra one.