Possible Words From optional
Counting the words from OPTIONAL by length: 2 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 10 with 6, 32 with 5, 67 with 4, 56 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
8 Letter Words You Can Make with optional
2 words · top score 10 · everyday: OPTIONAL
The 8-letter words made with OPTIONAL letters are 2: OPTIONAL itself and 1 anagram, NOPALITO. Each scores 10 points.
7 Letter Words You Can Make with optional
1 word · top score 9 (+50 for all 7 tiles) · everyday: PLATOON
PLATOON is the only one of the 7-letter words in OPTIONAL; it scores 9 points.
6 Letter Words You Can Make with optional
10 words · top score 8 · everyday: OPTION, LOTION, POTION
7 of 10 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OPTIONAL tie at 8 points; none scores more. OPTION, LOTION and POTION will look familiar.
5 Letter Words You Can Make with optional
32 words · top score 7 · everyday: POINT, PLANT, PLAIN
Of the 32 5-letter words from OPTIONAL, 26 score 7 points, the group's best. POINT, PLANT and PLAIN are the ones most people know.
4 Letter Words You Can Make with optional
67 words · top score 6 · everyday: PLAN, LOAN, TOOL
67 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OPTIONAL; 29 of them share the top score of 6. PLAN, LOAN and TOOL are everyday picks.
3 Letter Words You Can Make with optional
56 words · top score 5 · everyday: NOT, TOP, TOO
25 of 56 3-letter words from OPTIONAL tie at 5 points; none scores more. NOT, TOP and TOO will look familiar.
2 Letter Words You Can Make with optional
22 words · top score 4 · everyday: IN, ON, IT
Of the 22 2-letter words in OPTIONAL, 4 score 4 points, the group's best. IN, ON and IT are the ones most people know.
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Looking for palotion, pooltani or polotain? They use the same letters as OPTIONAL, so the words on this page are their answers too.
Change One Tile in OPTIONAL
Trade one tile of OPTIONAL for another and you can spell these 6 words:
- P N gives NOTIONAL · unscramble notional
- L D gives ADOPTION · words from adoption
- P C gives LOCATION · words from location
- N M gives MALTIPOO · words from maltipoo
- O Y gives PONYTAIL · unscramble ponytail
- P B gives OBLATION · unscramble oblation
More 8-letter words: starting with OP · ending in AL · all 8-letter words
What the Best OPTIONAL Words Mean
The meaning of OPTIONAL, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
- OPTIONAL 10 · 13
- an elective
- NOPALITO 10 · 13
- the stem of the nopal used as food
- PLATOON 9 · 12
- to alternate with another player at the same position
- OPTION 8 · 10
- to grant the right to buy or sell at a time and price to
- PLAINT 8 · 11
- a complaint
- PLIANT 8 · 11
- easily bent
- PONTIL 8 · 11
- a punty
- POTION 8 · 10
- a magical or medicinal drink
Can You Play OPTIONAL in Scrabble and Words With Friends?
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OPTIONAL, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPTIONAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 190) | 161 | 190 | 154 |
* US: NWL2023. UK: Collins CSW24. Words With Friends' list can change.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OILPAN, PONTAL, APIOL, NAPOO, PAOLI, PAOLO, PILAO, PLOAT, POTIN, NOOP, PILA, POLT and 16 more, 28 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NOPALITO, LIPO, PALI, APO, OPA, LOTO, PO and TIAN, 8 in all. Not in Scrabble US: POOT.
190 words come out when you unscramble OPTIONAL, starting with OPTIONAL itself: 10 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of OPTIONAL is on the page: NOPALITO, each 10 points. PLATOON is the best of the shorter words, at 9 points. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
Add a Letter to OPTIONAL
Each word below uses all the letters of OPTIONAL and one more.