Unscramble IMPOVERISHED to get 389 words. IMPOVERISHED itself is a real word: 23 points on a Scrabble board, 25 in Words With Friends. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from IMPOVERISHED by length: 1 with 12 letters, 4 with 10, 6 with 9, 44 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2. None has 11 letters.
EMPOVERISH and IMPOVERISH are the top 10-letter words made with IMPOVERISHED letters, 20 points each. IMPROVISED will look familiar.
Among 44 8-letter words you get when you unscramble IMPOVERISHED, the top score is 16, reached by 7. PROVIDES, IMPROVED and PROMISED are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 7-letter words from IMPOVERISHED tie at 15 points; none scores more. PROVIDE, IMPROVE and REMOVED will look familiar.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble IMPOVERISHED, the top score is 13, reached by 10. MOVIES, PROVED and MOVERS are the familiar ones.
VEHME tops the 5-letter words from IMPOVERISHED at 13 points; next come HEMPS and HIVED on 12. MOVIE, HOMES and MOVED will look familiar.
VEHM scores highest among the 4-letter words in IMPOVERISHED at 12 points, ahead of HEMP on 11 and HIVE on 10. HOME, SHOP and HOPE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words made with IMPOVERISHED letters, the top score is 8, reached by 15. MID, HIP and HOP are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of IMPOVERISHED but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with IM · ending in ED · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with IMPROVISED (18 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept IMPOVERISHED, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMPOVERISHED itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 389) | 278 | 388 | 238 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMPOVERISH, DISIMPROVE, HEMIPODES, HEMIPODE, HEMIPODS, PREMOVED, DISHMOP, EMPERISH, HEMIPOD, POSIDRIVE, PREMOVES, SOPHERIM and 98 more, 110 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MORPHED, MIDSHORE, ORPHISM, SHIVED, MOREISH, MOSHED, ROSEHIP, HOMIES, MORISH, MOSHER, PERVOS, PISHER and 28 more, 40 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.