Unscramble EPENDYMAL to get 255 words. EPENDYMAL itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from EPENDYMAL split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 10 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
DAMPLY scores highest among the 6-letter words from EPENDYMAL at 14 points, ahead of DEEPLY and MEDLEY on 12. PLAYED, NAMELY and ENAMEL are the ones most people know.
DAMPY tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EPENDYMAL at 13 points; next come AMPLY and PALMY on 12. PANEL, NAMED and DELAY will look familiar.
YMPE scores highest among the 4-letter words from EPENDYMAL at 11 points, ahead of DEMY and EMYD on 10. MANY, MADE and PLAY are the ones most people know.
10 of 60 3-letter words in EPENDYMAL tie at 8 points; none scores more. MAY, ANY and DAY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of EPENDYMAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EP · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; EPENDYMA (16 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts EPENDYMAL, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPENDYMAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 255) | 190 | 255 | 183 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
65 of the 255 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EPENDYMAL, DAMPY, DEMAYNE, YEALMED, YELMED, PYNED, YMPE, ALEYED, AYELP, NEEDLY, YEALM, AMENDE and 53 more. 7 of the 255 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ENDPLAY, AMPED, APEMEN, MELENA, NAPED, DEP and DA.