Unscramble MELAPHYRES and you have 320 words, MELAPHYRES itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, MELAPHYRE leads with 19 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from MELAPHYRES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 6 with 8, 45 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with MELAPHYRES letters: MELAPHYRE, 19 points.
SHAPELY and SHARPLY are the top 7-letter words you get when you unscramble MELAPHYRES, 15 points each. PLAYERS, SAMPLER and HELPERS will look familiar.
LYMPHS scores highest among the 6-letter words from MELAPHYRES at 16 points, ahead of HYPERS and MARSHY on 14. PLAYER, PHRASE and MERELY are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MELAPHYRES, HEMPY and LYMPH tie for first at 15 points. HELPS, MARSH and RHYME are everyday picks.
HYPE, HYPS and SYPH are the top 4-letter words from MELAPHYRES, 12 points each. HELP, PLAY and ARMY will look familiar.
HYP scores highest among the 3-letter words in MELAPHYRES at 11 points, ahead of HAY and HEY on 9. HAS, MAY and MAP are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MELAPHYRES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with ME · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; LYMPHS (16 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MELAPHYRES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELAPHYRES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 320) | 252 | 319 | 230 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
68 of the 320 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMPAYRES, SAMPLERY, EMPAYRE, PHRASY, SHEEPY, PHARMS, ASHERY, HARMELS, HAYLES, HAYSEL, HEARSY, HELMERS and 56 more. 21 of the 320 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MELAPHYRES, MELAPHYRE, HYPERS, PELHAMS, HEAPY, PELHAM, HEAPERS, PASHM, HEAPER, MYLARS, PHASER, RHEMES and 9 more. 1 of the 320 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: SHEMALE.