Unscramble MEPHITISM to get 178 words. MEPHITISM itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. MEPHITIS and SHIPTIME are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from MEPHITISM split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 2 with 7, 16 with 6, 33 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 19 with 2.
HEMPS scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MEPHITISM at 12 points, ahead of HIEMS and IMSHI on 10. ITEMS, TIMES and SPITE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MEPHITISM is HEMP, 11 points; HEMI and HEMS on 9 follow. ITEM, SHIP and HITS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of MEPHITISM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with ME · ending in SM · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; MEPHITIS and SHIPTIME (15 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: MEPHITISM is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEPHITISM itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 178) | 141 | 177 | 129 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MEPHITISM, MISHMI, MEISHI, MEITHS, HIEMS, IMMITS, IMPIES, IMSHI, MEITH, MIHIS, SEMMIT, EMPTS and 24 more, 36 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SHIPTIME, THESP, HEPS, HIMS, MEH, MIPS, SHITE, MES, PST, EST, TES and TE, 12 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.
This word takes every letter of MEPHITISM plus a single extra one.