236 words come out when you unscramble AMETHYSTS, starting with AMETHYSTS itself: 17 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. AMETHYST is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from AMETHYSTS split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 2 with 7, 28 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
THYMES tops the 6-letter words from AMETHYSTS at 14 points; next come SHYEST and SYTHES on 12. SYSTEM, STATES and TASTES will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble AMETHYSTS, 4 score 13 points, the group's best. ESSAY, SHAME and YEAST are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words in AMETHYSTS, MYTH leads with 12 points, then ASHY and HAYS on 10. EASY, SAYS and STAY are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with AMETHYSTS letters, 7 score 9 points, the group's best. HAS, MAY and SET are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of AMETHYSTS for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with AM · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
What AMETHYSTS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
AMETHYSTS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMETHYSTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 236) | 187 | 236 | 173 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
49 of the 236 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SMEATHS, SYTHES, MEATHS, SMEATH, STYMES, SYTHE, HEYS, HYES, MASTY, MEATH, STYME, THEMA and 37 more. 14 of the 236 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SHMATTES, SHMATTE, YEAHS, SAMEY, EYASS, MEH, MASES, SESH, AHS, YAS, MES, ATS and 2 more.
With one more tile, the letters of AMETHYSTS spell the words below.