Unscramble TARSIOID and you have 218 words, TARSIOID itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are DIARIST and ASTROID, 8 points each. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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By length, the words from TARSIOID split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 14 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 22 with 2.
Of the 60 5-letter words from TARSIOID, 40 score 6 points, the group's best. RADIO, RATIO and ROADS are the ones most people know.
45 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble TARSIOID tie at 5 points; none scores more. SAID, ROAD and ARTS will look familiar.
Among 59 3-letter words in TARSIOID, the top score is 4, reached by 23. ITS, ART and AIR are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of TARSIOID for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with TA · ending in ID · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DIARIST (8 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts TARSIOID, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TARSIOID itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 218) | 169 | 218 | 153 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
49 of the 218 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TARSIOID, ASTROID, DIOTAS, OTARID, TROADS, AIDOI, AIDOS, DARIS, DIOTA, DORIS, DORTS, RIADS and 37 more. 16 of the 218 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DOSAI, ROIDS, TRADS, DOSA, ODAS, ROID, ROSTI, SORTA, AROS, DAS, ODA, ARO and 4 more.
These 3 words take every letter of TARSIOID plus a single extra one.