233 words come out when you unscramble MURPHIES, starting with MURPHIES itself: 15 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. HUMPERS, HUMPIER and HUMPIES are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from MURPHIES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 9 with 7, 23 with 6, 59 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
HUMPER and SHRIMP share the top score of 13 among the 6-letter words in MURPHIES. PERISH, PRIMES and UMPIRE are the ones most people know.
4 of 59 5-letter words from MURPHIES tie at 12 points; none scores more. SUPER, PRIME and SERUM will look familiar.
HEMP, HUMP and UMPH share the top score of 11 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble MURPHIES. SHIP, HIRE and MESH are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words made with MURPHIES letters, the top score is 8, reached by 10. UPS, HIP and SUM are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of MURPHIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with MU · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
The meaning of MURPHIES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
MURPHIES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MURPHIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 233) | 178 | 232 | 164 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
54 of the 233 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HEURISM, SUMPH, MUSHIE, RHIMES, RUMPIES, SERIPH, HIEMS, PUMIES, RHIME, SEPIUM, UMPIES, HESP and 42 more. 14 of the 233 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HUMPERS, HUMPIES, HUMPER, UMPHS, PISHER, UMPH, HEPS, HIMS, MEH, MIPS, SHIUR, MES and 2 more. 1 of the 233 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.
With one more tile, the letters of MURPHIES spell the words below.