Unscramble NAPHTHYLS and you have 191 words, NAPHTHYLS itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. NAPHTHYL is the best of the shorter words, at 19 points. 9 letters: 1 vowel and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from NAPHTHYLS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 7 with 6, 47 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 7 letters.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in NAPHTHYLS: NAPHTHYL, 19 points.
HYPHA tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NAPHTHYLS at 16 points; next come HASHY on 14 and HAPLY on 13. PLANS, PLANT and PLAYS will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words from NAPHTHYLS, HYPS and SYPH tie for first at 12 points. PLAN, PLAY and PAST are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble NAPHTHYLS, HYP leads with 11 points, then HAH and HAY on 9. HAS, ANY and SAY are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of NAPHTHYLS for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with NA · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of NAPHTHYLS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NAPHTHYLS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAPHTHYLS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 191) | 164 | 191 | 156 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
27 of the 191 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HASHY, YPLAST, PYATS, SPYAL, YAHS, PAHS, PYAT, TANHS, THANS, NYAS, PLAST, SHAN and 15 more. 8 of the 191 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NYAH, LAHS, AHS, LAH, YAS, PST, ATS and SAN.