Unscramble EPIPHYTES and you have 189 words, EPIPHYTES itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is EPIPHYTE, 18 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 EPIPHYTES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 4 with 7, 9 with 6, 43 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 16 with 2.
HIPPY scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EPIPHYTES at 15 points, ahead of HYPES and PITHY on 13. TYPES, SHEET and SHEEP are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words made with EPIPHYTES letters, HYPE, HYPS and SYPH tie for first at 12 points. TYPE, SHIP and EYES are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble EPIPHYTES, HYP leads with 11 points, then HEY and HYE on 9. SEE, ITS and SET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of EPIPHYTES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with EP · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
EPIPHYTES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept EPIPHYTES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPIPHYTES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 189) | 148 | 189 | 136 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
41 of the 189 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHEEPY, SHEETY, SIPPY, PEPTISE, STEEPY, SYTHE, TIPPEES, HEYS, HYES, PEYSE, PHESE, PYETS and 29 more. 12 of the 189 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HEPPEST, YEESH, THESP, HEPS, YEPS, SHITE, YEETS, YEET, PST, EST, TES and TE.