Unscramble ERSTWHILE and you have 282 words, ERSTWHILE itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ERSTWHILE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 23 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Among 23 7-letter words made with ERSTWHILE letters, the top score is 13, reached by 10. SHELTER, WHISTLE and STERILE are the familiar ones.
19 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ERSTWHILE tie at 12 points; none scores more. EITHER, WHEELS and WRITES will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from ERSTWHILE, 20 score 11 points, the group's best. WHILE, WHITE and SHEET are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with ERSTWHILE letters; 9 of them share the top score of 10. HERE, WISH and HITS are everyday picks.
HEW tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ERSTWHILE at 9 points; next come EEW and EHS on 6. SEE, ITS and SET will look familiar.
Trade one tile of ERSTWHILE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with ER · ending in LE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; WHISTLER (14 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ERSTWHILE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ERSTWHILE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 282) | 218 | 282 | 208 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WHIRTLES, WHILERE, WHIRTLE, WRETHES, REWTHS, SHEWEL, THEWES, WRETHE, REWTH, WERSH, WISHT, WITHS and 52 more, 64 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SHEITEL, HIREES, SWILER, HIREE, SHITE, EEW, EW, EST, TES and TE, 10 in all.