Unscramble NEPHALISM and you have 302 words, NEPHALISM itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from NEPHALISM split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 28 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2.
4 of 28 7-letter words in NEPHALISM tie at 14 points; none scores more. SPANIEL and SEMINAL will look familiar.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble NEPHALISM are led by MISHAP, PASHIM and PELHAM, 13 points each. SIMPLE, SAMPLE and EMAILS are the familiar ones.
HEMPS and PASHM are the top 5-letter words from NEPHALISM, 12 points each. PHASE, HELPS and SHAPE will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NEPHALISM, HEMP leads with 11 points, then AHEM and EPHA on 9. HELP, MAPS and SHIP are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words from NEPHALISM; 10 of them share the top score of 8. HAS, MAP and MAN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of NEPHALISM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with NE · ending in SM · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PELHAMS, SHIPMAN and SHIPMEN (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NEPHALISM is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEPHALISM itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 302) | 246 | 301 | 228 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
55 of the 302 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NEPHALISM, PHAEISM, PASHIM, HELIMAN, HEMINAS, LEHAIMS, MASHLIN, HEMINA, LAMISH, LEHAIM, MANEHS, PALMIES and 43 more. 18 of the 302 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PELHAMS, PELHAM, PASHM, MENSH, ASHINE, HEPS, HIMS, SHENAI, EMAILS, MEH, MIPS, SPAM and 6 more. 1 of the 302 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.
With one more tile, the letters of NEPHALISM spell the words below.