177 words come out when you unscramble EMPHASES, starting with EMPHASES itself: 15 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from EMPHASES split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 14 with 6, 42 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 17 with 2.
The 5-letter words from EMPHASES are led by HEMPS and PASHM, 12 points each. SEEMS, PHASE and SHAPE are the familiar ones.
HEMP scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble EMPHASES at 11 points, ahead of AHEM and EPHA on 9. SAME, MAPS and PASS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of EMPHASES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EM · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The meaning of EMPHASES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
EMPHASES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMPHASES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 177) | 147 | 177 | 135 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
30 of the 177 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PHESES, HEAME, HESPS, PHESE, SHAPS, HESP, PAHS, MEASES, SEAMES, HASS, MEASE, MESES and 18 more. 12 of the 177 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PASHMS, PASHM, HEPS, SPAMS, MEH, SPAM, MASES, SESH, AHS, SEPS, MES and ESSE.
Each word below uses all the letters of EMPHASES and one more.