Unscramble EMPYEMIC to get 44 words. EMPYEMIC itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. PYEMIC is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from EMPYEMIC by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 6, 1 with 5, 13 with 4, 19 with 3 and 9 with 2. None has 7 letters.
There is a single one of the 6-letter words made with EMPYEMIC letters: PYEMIC, 15 points.
Just 1 of the 5-letter words in EMPYEMIC: PIECE, for 9 points.
What EMPYEMIC means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EMPYEMIC, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMPYEMIC itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 44) | 41 | 44 | 37 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Words With Friends* skips 4 of them: EMMY, MYC, MEME and MIC. Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 3 of them: YMPE, MEE and EE.