238 words come out when you unscramble PODAGROUS, starting with PODAGROUS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. GOSPODAR and PODARGUS are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PODAGROUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 7 with 7, 26 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
PAGODS and UPDRAG are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PODAGROUS, 10 points each. GROUPS, GUARDS and POROUS will look familiar.
PAGOD scores highest among the 5-letter words from PODAGROUS at 9 points, ahead of APODS and DOPAS on 8. GROUP, GOODS and DRUGS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from PODAGROUS; 32 of them share the top score of 7. GOOD, DRUG and POOR are everyday picks.
9 of 60 3-letter words in PODAGROUS tie at 6 points; none scores more. GOD, PRO and AGO will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PODAGROUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in US · all 9-letter words
The 7 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SAUROPOD (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PODAGROUS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PODAGROUS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 238) | 169 | 236 | 150 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GOSPODAR, PODARGUS, GOSPODA, SPURDOG, UPDRAGS, GOPURAS, UPDRAG, GOPURA, PUDORS, DOUPS, DRAPS, DROOGS and 55 more, 67 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PODAGROUS, DURAGS, POGOS, SPROG, DURAG, POGO, APOS, OPAS, POOS, APO, OPA, POO and 9 more, 21 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: DAGOS and DAGO, 2 in all.