Unscramble POSTDOCS to get 116 words. POSTDOCS itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. POSTDOC is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34O1S1T1D2O1C34S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from POSTDOCS split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 5 with 6, 23 with 5, 46 with 4, 31 with 3 and 9 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with POSTDOCS letters: POSTDOC, 12 points.
4 of 46 4-letter words from POSTDOCS tie at 8 points; none scores more. POST, COST and STOP will look familiar.
Keep every letter of POSTDOCS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PO · ending in CS · all 8-letter words
The meaning of POSTDOCS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept POSTDOCS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POSTDOCS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 116) | 90 | 116 | 81 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 26 of them: DOCOS, SPODS, SPOOTS, COOST, DOCO, DOPS, POOTS, SOOPS, SPOD, SPOOT, DOP, POOT and 14 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: TOCOS, POOS, TOCO, TOPO, POO, POS, PST, SOC and PO.
This word takes every letter of POSTDOCS plus a single extra one.