300 words come out when you unscramble ARCHBISHOPS, starting with ARCHBISHOPS itself: 23 in Scrabble, 24 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is ARCHBISHOP, 22 points. The 11 letters split into 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ARCHBISHOPS split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 6 with 8, 26 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 9 letters.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words in ARCHBISHOPS: ARCHBISHOP, for 22 points.
Among the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ARCHBISHOPS, BORSHCH leads with 17 points, then PHOBICS and PIBROCH on 16. BISHOPS is the familiar one.
PHOBIC tops the 6-letter words from ARCHBISHOPS at 15 points; next come HACHIS and SHCHIS on 14. CHAIRS, BASICS and PARISH will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words made with ARCHBISHOPS letters, PHISH and SHCHI tie for first at 13 points. BASIC, SHIPS and CHAIR are everyday picks.
PHOH tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ARCHBISHOPS at 12 points; next come BACH and CAPH on 11. SHOP, CASH and SHIP will look familiar.
HAH, HOH and SHH share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words from ARCHBISHOPS. HAS, BAR and PIC are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ARCHBISHOPS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with AR · ending in PS · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PIBROCHS (17 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ARCHBISHOPS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHBISHOPS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 300) | 230 | 300 | 208 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 70 of them: BORSHCH, RHAPHIS, HACHIS, SHCHIS, COHABS, PHOCAS, SHCHI, BACHS, BIACH, CHIBS, COHAB, HARISH and 58 more. Words With Friends* skips 22 of them: SHARPISH, BROCHS, CAPISH, COARSISH, PHISH, BROCH, ARCHI, CHAIS, ORISHAS, BISH, CHAI, PHOS and 10 more.