Unscramble INTERSPERSALS and you have 493 words, INTERSPERSALS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The 13 letters split into 4 vowels and 9 consonants.
I1N12T1E1R1S1P34E1R1S1A1L12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from INTERSPERSALS split into 1 with 13 letters, 3 with 12, 6 with 11, 33 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
All 3 of the 12-letter words made with INTERSPERSALS letters score 14 points.
4 of 6 11-letter words in INTERSPERSALS tie at 13 points; none scores more.
Of the 33 10-letter words from INTERSPERSALS, 27 score 12 points, the group's best. ESSENTIALS is the one most people know.
Every one of the 60 9-letter words you get when you unscramble INTERSPERSALS scores 11. PENALTIES and PANELISTS are everyday picks.
The 8-letter words from INTERSPERSALS come to 60, each scoring 10 points. PARTNERS, PAINTERS and PERSISTS are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words in INTERSPERSALS scores 9. PARENTS, PANTIES and PAINTER are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 6-letter words made with INTERSPERSALS letters score 8 points. PARENT, PANELS and ASLEEP are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble INTERSPERSALS come to 60, each scoring 7 points. PARTS, PANEL and PAINT are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words from INTERSPERSALS scores 6. PART, PAST and PASS are everyday picks.
39 of 60 3-letter words in INTERSPERSALS tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, ART and AIR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of INTERSPERSALS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with IN · ending in LS · all 13-letter words
Short meanings for the 6 highest-scoring answers, starting with PALTRINESSES (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts INTERSPERSALS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERSPERSALS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 493) | 401 | 487 | 356 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
92 of the 493 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INTERSPERSALS, INTERSPERSAL, PLASTERINESS, PAINTRESSES, ALPESTRINE, EPISTERNAL, PLASTERIER, PLENARTIES, PRAISELESS, PRELATISES, PRESENTIAL, SPARTERIES and 80 more. 39 of the 493 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PEARLINESS, PREINSERTS, EPISTERNA, PEARTNESS, PLENARIES, PREALTERS, PREINSERT, PRESTERNA, RASPINESS, TARRINESSES, EPILATES, PALSIEST and 27 more. 6 of the 493 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: SERTRALINES, SERTRALINE, LARPERS, LARPER, LARPS and LARP.