Unscramble SPADILLIO and you have 225 words, SPADILLIO itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SPADILLIO by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 4 with 7, 17 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 22 with 2.
12 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SPADILLIO tie at 8 points; none scores more. SOLID, DOLLS and POLLS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in SPADILLIO, 11 score 7 points, the group's best. PAID, AIDS and POLL are the ones most people know.
59 3-letter words made with SPADILLIO letters; 5 of them share the top score of 6. ALL, OLD and OIL are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of SPADILLIO for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with SP · ending in IO · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by LIPOIDAL (11 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SPADILLIO is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPADILLIO itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 225) | 178 | 225 | 159 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
47 of the 225 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPADILLIO, SPADILLO, DALLOPS, DALLOP, PODIAL, APIOLS, ILLIADS, PILAOS, PODAL, SPALD, APIOL, DILLIS and 35 more. 19 of the 225 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LIPAS, LIPOS, PALIS, APOS, DOSAI, LIPA, LIPO, LOIDS, OPAS, PALI, APO, DOSA and 7 more.
With one more tile, the letters of SPADILLIO spell the words below.