Unscramble NEPHALIST and you have 323 words, NEPHALIST itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are THESPIAN, HAPLITES and PENTHIAS, 13 points each. 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 NEPHALIST split into 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 44 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2.
Of the 44 7-letter words in NEPHALIST, 10 score 12 points, the group's best. PANTIES, PLANETS and SPANIEL are the ones most people know.
9 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble NEPHALIST tie at 11 points; none scores more. PANELS, PAINTS and PANTIE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from NEPHALIST, 17 score 10 points, the group's best. PHASE, HELPS and SHAPE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from NEPHALIST, the top score is 9, reached by 19. HELP, SHIP and HITS are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 3-letter words in NEPHALIST tie at 8 points; none scores more. HAS, HIT and PET will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of NEPHALIST, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with NE · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HAPLITES and THESPIAN (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: NEPHALIST 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEPHALIST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 323) | 276 | 323 | 259 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 47 of them: NEPHALIST, PENTHIAS, APESHIT, PENTHIA, PLASHET, PLESH, ELSHIN, ETHALS, HEPT, HESP, HIPT, LATHEN and 35 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: THESP, ASHINE, HAINTS, HEPS, LEPTINS, SHENAI, THALIS, HAINT, LEPTIN, AHIS, LAHS, SHEN and 5 more.
With one more tile, the letters of NEPHALIST spell the words below.