193 words come out when you unscramble GOMPHOSES, starting with GOMPHOSES itself: 17 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. OOMPHS is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from GOMPHOSES split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 11 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
The 5-letter words from GOMPHOSES are led by HEMPS and OOMPH, 12 points each. SHOES, HOMES and SHOPS are the familiar ones.
HEMP tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble GOMPHOSES at 11 points; next come PEGH on 10 and HEMS on 9. HOME, SHOP and HOPE will look familiar.
Of the 56 3-letter words you get when you unscramble GOMPHOSES, 10 score 8 points, the group's best. HOP, GEM and GOO are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of GOMPHOSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with GO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; OOMPHS (13 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: GOMPHOSES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOMPHOSES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 193) | 157 | 193 | 120 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Words With Friends*: GOMPHOSES, MOSHES, SMOOSH, MOHOS, PHEOS, SHMOE, HEPS, HOMS, MOHO, MOSH, PHEO, PHOS and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHMOOSE, PEGHS, POSHES, POSHOS, HESPS, PEGH, POSHO, SHOPE, SMOOGES, SPOOMS, SPOSH, HESP and 24 more, 36 in all.
This word takes every letter of GOMPHOSES plus a single extra one.