Unscramble SCINCOIDS and you have 105 words, SCINCOIDS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1C34I1N12C34O1I1D2S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SCINCOIDS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 1 with 7, 9 with 6, 18 with 5, 32 with 4, 30 with 3 and 13 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in SCINCOIDS: SCINCOID, 13 points.
CISSOID is the only one of the 7-letter words made with SCINCOIDS letters; it scores 10 points.
Keep every letter of SCINCOIDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SC · ending in DS · all 9-letter words
What SCINCOIDS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SCINCOIDS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCINCOIDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 105) | 84 | 105 | 80 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 21 of them: DINICS, DINIC, CIDS, COND, CID, SINDS, SNODS, SOCS, DSOS, NIDS, SIND, SNOD and 9 more. Words With Friends* skips 4 of them: DINOS, DINO, SOC and OI.