125 words come out when you unscramble VIRUSOIDS, starting with VIRUSOIDS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DIVISORS and VIRUSOID lead with 12 points. 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 VIRUSOIDS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 3 with 7, 6 with 6, 22 with 5, 40 with 4, 37 with 3 and 14 with 2.
5 of 40 4-letter words made with VIRUSOIDS letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. VOID, IRIS and RODS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of VIRUSOIDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with VI · ending in DS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of VIRUSOIDS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
VIRUSOIDS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIRUSOIDS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 125) | 84 | 125 | 74 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
41 of the 125 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DIVIS, DIVOS, VIROUS, DIVI, DIVO, DIVS, VROUS, DIV, RIVO, SOVS, VORS, VROU and 29 more. 10 of the 125 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: VIRUSOIDS, VIRUSOID, VIDS, URSIDS, VID, ROIDS, URSID, ROID, SUS and OI.