Unscramble ORPHANAGE and you have 231 words, ORPHANAGE itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, AGRAPHON leads with 14 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from ORPHANAGE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 19 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in ORPHANAGE: AGRAPHON, for 14 points.
GOPHER scores highest among the 6-letter words from ORPHANAGE at 12 points, ahead of ORPHAN and PHONER on 11. ORANGE, HANGER and HANGAR are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ORPHANAGE, GRAPH, PHAGE and PHANG tie for first at 11 points. PHONE, OPERA and ANGER are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from ORPHANAGE, PEGH leads with 10 points, then EPHA and HARP on 9. PAGE, OPEN and HOPE are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 3-letter words in ORPHANAGE tie at 8 points; none scores more. AGE, PRO and AGO will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ORPHANAGE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OR · ending in GE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ANAPHOR, GOPHER and HANAPER (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ORPHANAGE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORPHANAGE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 231) | 189 | 231 | 175 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
42 of the 231 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AGRAPHON, PHANG, AHEAP, ARGHAN, HANAP, HEPAR, PEGH, PHARE, PHEON, HOGEN, PARAGE, APAGE and 30 more. 14 of the 231 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PHONER, PHEO, ARGH, PHO, AREPA, PARAE, PAREN, PRANA, NAPA, PAAN, APO, OPA and 2 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of ORPHANAGE and one more.