Unscramble RHIZOIDAL to get 158 words. RHIZOIDAL itself is a real word: 22 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is RHIZOID, 20 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
R1H43I1Z10O1I1D2A1L12
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from RHIZOIDAL by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 7 with 6, 24 with 5, 59 with 4, 44 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 8 letters.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in RHIZOIDAL: RHIZOID, 20 points.
DZHO tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RHIZOIDAL at 17 points; next come IZAR and LAZO on 13. ROAD, HARD and HOLD will look familiar.
ZHO scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble RHIZOIDAL at 15 points, ahead of ADZ and DZO on 13. HAD, OLD and AIR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of RHIZOIDAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RH · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
What RHIZOIDAL means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RHIZOIDAL, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHIZOIDAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 158) | 123 | 158 | 108 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DZHO, DARZI, ZHO, DZO, LAZO, RIZA, ZARI, ZILA, RIZ, ZOL, ZO, DHOL and 23 more, 35 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OZALID, IZARD, ZA, ODAH, DOH, AHI, LAH, LOID, ROID, ODA, ARO, DA and 3 more, 15 in all.