Unscramble PLATOONS to get 215 words. PLATOONS itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. PLATOON is the best of the shorter words, at 9 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
P34L12A1T1O1O1N12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PLATOONS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 17 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 18 with 2.
PLATOON is the only one of the 7-letter words made with PLATOONS letters; it scores 9 points.
30 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PLATOONS tie at 7 points; none scores more. LOANS, PLANS and PLANT will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from PLATOONS, 48 score 6 points, the group's best. ALSO, LAST and POST are the ones most people know.
Among 58 3-letter words from PLATOONS, the top score is 5, reached by 26. NOT, TOP and TOO are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PLATOONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PL · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
What PLATOONS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PLATOONS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLATOONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 215) | 170 | 215 | 155 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ASTOOP, NAPOOS, PLOATS, PONTAL, NAPOO, NOOPS, PAOLO, PLAST, PLOAT, POLTS, PONTS, POOTS and 33 more, 45 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: APOS, OPAS, POOS, STANOL, TOPO, APO, LOTSA, OPA, POO, POS, PST, PO and 3 more, 15 in all.
These 5 words take every letter of PLATOONS plus a single extra one.