Unscramble EPITHELIUM and you have 196 words, EPITHELIUM itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. EPITHEM is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 10 letters, 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from EPITHELIUM split into 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 7, 21 with 6, 29 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 9 or 8 letters.
The 6-letter words made with EPITHELIUM letters are led by HEMPIE, IMPHEE and TEMPEH, 13 points each. TEMPLE, HELMET and HELIUM are the familiar ones.
THUMP tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble EPITHELIUM at 12 points; next come HILUM and MEITH on 10. LIMIT, THEME and ELITE will look familiar.
HEMP, HUMP and UMPH share the top score of 11 among the 4-letter words from EPITHELIUM. HELP, ITEM and MEET are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble EPITHELIUM; 11 of them share the top score of 8. LET, PUT and HIT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of EPITHELIUM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with EP · ending in UM · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with IMPHEE and TEMPEH (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
EPITHELIUM 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPITHELIUM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 196) | 152 | 194 | 144 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 42 of them: EPITHEM, HUMITE, HUMLIE, IMPLETE, LIMEPIT, MEITH, HEPT, HIPT, MIHI, PILUM, PUMIE, UMPIE and 30 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: UMPH, MEETUP, MEH, MULIE, LIPE, TUILE, TUM and TE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: HEMI and MULTI.
Each word below uses all the letters of EPITHELIUM and one more.