Unscramble SPIRILLOSIS to get 118 words. SPIRILLOSIS itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SPIRILLOSIS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 8, 1 with 7, 4 with 6, 27 with 5, 44 with 4, 27 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 10 or 9 letters.
PISSOIR is the only one of the 7-letter words in SPIRILLOSIS; it scores 9 points.
17 of 27 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SPIRILLOSIS tie at 7 points; none scores more. POLLS, PILLS and ROLLS will look familiar.
44 4-letter words in SPIRILLOSIS; 22 of them share the top score of 6. LOSS, ROLL and SOIL are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SPIRILLOSIS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with SP · ending in IS · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PISSOIRS and PSILOSIS (10 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SPIRILLOSIS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPIRILLOSIS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 118) | 96 | 118 | 88 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPIRILLOSIS, PROLLS, PIRLS, PROLL, RISPS, PIRL, PIRS, POSS, RISP, LOIRS, PIR, SIRIS and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LIPOS, LIPO, LILOS, POS, LILO, PO, LOR and OI, 8 in all.