357 words come out when you unscramble LITHOPHYSES, starting with LITHOPHYSES itself: 22 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, HYPOTHESIS and LITHOPHYSE lead with 21 points. The 11 letters split into 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LITHOPHYSES split into 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 6 with 9, 24 with 8, 54 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
Every one of the 2 10-letter words in LITHOPHYSES scores 21. HYPOTHESIS is an everyday pick.
SYLPHISH scores highest among the 8-letter words from LITHOPHYSES at 19 points, ahead of PHTHISES and PHYLESIS on 16.
The best of the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble LITHOPHYSES is HYPHIES, 18 points; HIPSHOT and PHISHES on 15 follow. STYLISH, TOPLESS and HOSTELS are everyday picks.
HYTHES and SHYISH share the top score of 15 among the 6-letter words made with LITHOPHYSES letters. HOTELS, POLISH and HOSTEL are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LITHOPHYSES is HYTHE, 14 points; HIPLY and HYPES on 13 follow. SHIPS, SHOPS and HELPS are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from LITHOPHYSES, the top score is 12, reached by 5. HELP, TYPE and SHOP are the familiar ones.
HYP tops the 3-letter words in LITHOPHYSES at 11 points; next come HEH and HEY on 9. YES, HOT and YET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of LITHOPHYSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with LI · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with SYLPHISH (19 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LITHOPHYSES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LITHOPHYSES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 357) | 264 | 357 | 229 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LITHOPHYSES, LITHOPHYSE, HYPHIES, SYLPHIEST, PHYTOSES, PHYTOSIS, SPYHOLES, HYTHES, SHYISH, SPYHOLE, HYLOISTS, HYTHE and 81 more, 93 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PHISHES, PHYSIOS, SHITHOLES, LITHOPSES, PHYSIO, SHITHOLE, HIPLY, PHISH, PISSHOLE, HOSEYS, LITHOPS, STYLOPS and 23 more, 35 in all.