Unscramble PTERODACTYLS to get 422 words. PTERODACTYLS itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PTERODACTYL leads with 19 points. It has 12 letters, 3 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PTERODACTYLS split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 1 with 10, 23 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 36 with 2.
There is a single one of the 11-letter words in PTERODACTYLS: PTERODACTYL, 19 points.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words made with PTERODACTYLS letters: RATTLEPODS, for 13 points.
CLEPSYDRA, COPYREADS and COSPLAYED share the top score of 17 among the 9-letter words you get when you unscramble PTERODACTYLS. SPECTATOR is the one most people know.
Among the 8-letter words from PTERODACTYLS, COPYREAD and DECRYPTS tie for first at 16 points. POSTCARD, PROTECTS and SPECTRAL are everyday picks.
DECRYPT tops the 7-letter words in PTERODACTYLS at 15 points; next come CALYPSO and COSPLAY on 14. PLAYERS, CRYSTAL and POTTERY will look familiar.
CLYPED scores highest among the 6-letter words made with PTERODACTYLS letters at 14 points, ahead of CLYPES and COPAYS on 13. PLAYED, PARTLY and COSTLY are the ones most people know.
8 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PTERODACTYLS tie at 12 points; none scores more. PARTY, DECAY and TYPED will look familiar.
The 4-letter words from PTERODACTYLS are led by COPY and PACY, 11 points each. TYPE, PLAY and CAPE are the familiar ones.
12 of 60 3-letter words in PTERODACTYLS tie at 8 points; none scores more. DAY, SAY and PAY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PTERODACTYLS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with PT · ending in LS · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; COPYREADS and COSPLAYED (17 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PTERODACTYLS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PTERODACTYLS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 422) | 318 | 422 | 286 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 104 of them: PYROCLAST, TETRAPODY, CATOLYTES, CLYPED, OCTASTYLE, POETASTRY, POLYACT, SCEPTRY, SEPALODY, ATTERCOPS, CAPOTTED, CATOLYTE and 92 more. Words With Friends* skips 32 of them: COSPLAYED, COSPLAYER, CYTOPLAST, COSPLAY, PODCASTER, COPAYS, PASTORLY, ACTORLY, CEDARY, COPAY, COPSY, PACEY and 20 more.
With one more tile, the letters of PTERODACTYLS spell the words below.