237 words come out when you unscramble ESOPHAGUS, starting with ESOPHAGUS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are PHAGES and GASHOUSE, 12 points each. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ESOPHAGUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 3 with 7, 25 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words from ESOPHAGUS, PHAGES leads with 12 points, then OUPHES and PASHES on 11. HOUSES, SPOUSE and SHAPES are the familiar ones.
PEGHS and PHAGE are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ESOPHAGUS, 11 points each. PAGES, HOUSE and SHOES will look familiar.
PEGH and PUGH share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words in ESOPHAGUS. PAGE, SHOP and HOPE are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words made with ESOPHAGUS letters; 9 of them share the top score of 8. HAS, AGE and AGO are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of ESOPHAGUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with ES · ending in US · all 9-letter words
ESOPHAGUS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ESOPHAGUS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESOPHAGUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 237) | 181 | 237 | 163 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PEGHS, POSHES, SEAHOGS, SPOUSAGE, HAPUS, HESPS, PEGASUS, PEGH, PUHAS, SEAHOG, SHAPS, SHOPE and 44 more, 56 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PHEOS, HEPS, PHEO, PHOS, AUGH, PHO, HAOS, HOSS, SESH, AHS, HOS, SHO and 6 more, 18 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of ESOPHAGUS spell the words below.