Unscramble NYMPHAEA and you have 133 words, NYMPHAEA itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
N12Y43M34P34H43A1E1A1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from NYMPHAEA split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 4 with 6, 14 with 5, 35 with 4, 55 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with NYMPHAEA letters: NYMPHAE, for 17 points.
Among the 4-letter words from NYMPHAEA, HYMN and HYPE tie for first at 12 points. NAME, MANY and MEAN are everyday picks.
HYP scores highest among the 3-letter words from NYMPHAEA at 11 points, ahead of HAY and HEY on 9. MAY, ANY and MAP are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of NYMPHAEA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with NY · ending in EA · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with NYMPHAE (17 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts NYMPHAEA, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NYMPHAEA itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 133) | 111 | 133 | 105 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NYMPHAEA, YMPE, AHEAP, HANAP, HYEN, MANEH, APAY, HYE, MAHA, PYNE, NYM, HAN and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HEAPY, APEMAN, NYAH, MEH, NAPA and PAAN, 6 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of NYMPHAEA spell the words below.