Unscramble ASPHERICS and you have 321 words, ASPHERICS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of ASPHERICS are on the page: ECPHRASIS and PARCHESIS, each 16 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ASPHERICS by length: 3 with 9 letters, 10 with 8, 48 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
9 of 48 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ASPHERICS tie at 14 points; none scores more. PHRASES, CRASHES and CASHIER will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from ASPHERICS, 12 score 13 points, the group's best. SEARCH, CHAIRS and PHRASE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words made with ASPHERICS letters, the top score is 12, reached by 10. PRICE, CHEAP and SHIPS are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ASPHERICS tie at 11 points; none scores more. EACH, PICS and CASH will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words from ASPHERICS, the top score is 8, reached by 13. HAS, CAR and ICE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ASPHERICS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AS · ending in CS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PARCHESIS (16 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ASPHERICS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASPHERICS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 321) | 267 | 319 | 249 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
54 of the 321 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ASPHERICS, CHARPIES, CHAPESS, CHARPIE, RECHIPS, PHAEIC, RECHIP, ERIACHS, SERIPHS, SPHAERS, SPHEARS, ARCHEI and 42 more. 16 of the 321 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ECPHRASIS, CAPISH, PHASERS, PISHERS, PHASER, PISHER, ARCHI, CHAIS, CAPRI, CHAI, HEPS, PERCS and 4 more. 2 of the 321 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIPS and CRIP.
With one more tile, the letters of ASPHERICS spell the words below.