Unscramble TETRAPODOUS to get 390 words. TETRAPODOUS itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. OUTSPORTED is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from TETRAPODOUS split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 11 with 9, 44 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 33 with 2.
OUTSPORTED is the only one of the 10-letter words in TETRAPODOUS; it scores 13 points.
20 of 44 8-letter words you get when you unscramble TETRAPODOUS tie at 11 points; none scores more. PROSTATE, POTATOES and DOORSTEP will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words from TETRAPODOUS, 33 score 10 points, the group's best. UPDATES, PROTEST and SPOTTED are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words from TETRAPODOUS scores 9. POSTED, UPDATE and SPREAD are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words in TETRAPODOUS, the top score is 8, reached by 59. PROUD, ADOPT and DEPOT are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words made with TETRAPODOUS letters; 26 of them share the top score of 7. PART, PAST and POOR are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble TETRAPODOUS, 8 score 6 points, the group's best. TOP, PUT and DUE are the ones most people know.
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by OUTSPREAD, TETRAPODS and UPSTARTED (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
TETRAPODOUS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TETRAPODOUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 390) | 305 | 390 | 282 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
85 of the 390 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TETRAPODOUS, OUTSPORTED, STUPRATED, TAPROOTED, ASPORTED, AUTOSPORE, DESPOTAT, ATROPOUS, DRAPETS, OUTPARTS, OUTROPES, OUTSPORT and 73 more. 23 of the 390 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: AUTOSPORT, DOPEST, OUTSTEP, PATOOTS, STATURED, POOED, SEATROUT, URPED, DEPS, APOS, DEP, OPAS and 11 more.