Unscramble NAPHTHOLS to get 226 words. NAPHTHOLS itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. NAPHTHOL is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from NAPHTHOLS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 2 with 7, 18 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
7 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NAPHTHOLS tie at 10 points; none scores more. LOANS, PLANS and PLANT will look familiar.
PHOH scores highest among the 4-letter words made with NAPHTHOLS letters at 12 points, ahead of HAHS and HASH on 10. SHOP, HOST and PATH are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble NAPHTHOLS, HAH, HOH and SHH tie for first at 9 points. HAS, TOP and HOT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of NAPHTHOLS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with NA · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of NAPHTHOLS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. NAPHTHOLS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAPHTHOLS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 226) | 182 | 226 | 162 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
44 of the 226 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PHOH, PHOLAS, HOHA, HOHS, HOH, LOHANS, PAHS, POHS, SHALOT, HOAST, LOHAN, NOAHS and 32 more. 20 of the 226 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HALONS, PHOS, HALON, PHO, HAOS, LAHS, AHS, APOS, HOS, LAH, SHO, SOH and 8 more.