Unscramble CYPRESSES and you have 157 words, CYPRESSES itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is CYPRESES, 15 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 CYPRESSES split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 25 with 6, 42 with 5, 47 with 4, 28 with 3 and 6 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with CYPRESSES letters: CYPRESES, 15 points.
CREEPY, CREPEY and CYPRES share the top score of 13 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CYPRESSES. RECESS is the one most people know.
CREPY tops the 5-letter words from CYPRESSES at 12 points; next come PEERY and PEYSE on 10. PRESS, SPECS and PEERS will look familiar.
47 4-letter words from CYPRESSES; 12 of them share the top score of 9. EYES, PEER and SEES are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of CYPRESSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CY · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
CYPRESSES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CYPRESSES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYPRESSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 157) | 122 | 157 | 111 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PEYSES, PRESSY, PRYSES, SPYRES, PERCES, PEYSE, PRECES, PRYSE, SCYES, SPYRE, SYPES, CESSERS and 23 more, 35 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CRYPSES, CRESSY, PERCS, YEPS, PERC, PERES, PERE, SEPS, YER, RESES and ESSE, 11 in all.