Unscramble IMPOVERISH and you have 288 words, IMPOVERISH itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are IMPROVISE and VIPERISH, 16 points each. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from IMPOVERISH by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 16 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with IMPOVERISH letters: IMPROVISE, for 16 points.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble IMPOVERISH, 5 score 13 points, the group's best. MOVIES, MOVERS and IMPOSE are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words made with IMPOVERISH letters, HEMPS and MORPH tie for first at 12 points. MOVIE, HOMES and HORSE are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble IMPOVERISH, VEHM leads with 12 points, then HEMP on 11 and HIVE on 10. HOME, SHOP and HOPE are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words from IMPOVERISH; 15 of them share the top score of 8. HIP, HOP and REV are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of IMPOVERISH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with IM · ending in SH · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with IMPROVISE and VIPERISH (16 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept IMPOVERISH, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMPOVERISH itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 288) | 237 | 287 | 197 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 50 of them: SOPHERIM, HIVERS, POHIRIS, VEHM, HIVER, HORMES, HOVES, MEISHI, POHIRI, RHIMES, SERIPH, HIEMS and 38 more. Words With Friends* skips 40 of them: ORPHISM, MOREISH, ROSEHIP, HOMIES, MORISH, MOSHER, PERVOS, PISHER, HOMIE, IMPROS, PERVO, PERVS and 28 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: HEMI.