Unscramble ISPAGHULA to get 220 words. ISPAGHULA itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. GULPHS is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 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.
By length, the words from ISPAGHULA split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 17 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with ISPAGHULA letters: PALAGIS, for 10 points.
GULPH tops the 5-letter words from ISPAGHULA at 11 points; next come ALPHA and APHIS on 10. LAUGH, PLUSH and PLUGS will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ISPAGHULA, PUGH leads with 10 points, then HAPS and HAPU on 9. SHIP, PLUG and PUSH are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words from ISPAGHULA, 6 score 8 points, the group's best. HAS, GAS and SPA are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of ISPAGHULA for another and you can spell this word:
More 9-letter words: starting with IS · ending in LA · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ALPHAS, PALISH, PHIALS and SULPHA (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts ISPAGHULA, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISPAGHULA itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 220) | 166 | 220 | 146 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 54 of them: ISPAGHULA, GULPHS, GULPH, GLUISH, HAPUS, PALAGIS, PUHAS, SULPH, HAPU, HUPS, PAHS, PALAGI and 42 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: AUGH, AHIS, LAHS, LIPAS, PALIS, PALSA, PAUAS, PULAS, AGLUS, AHI, AHS, LAH and 8 more.
This word takes every letter of ISPAGHULA plus a single extra one.