219 words come out when you unscramble PAGANISE, starting with PAGANISE itself: 11 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 11 points: NAGAPIES. The best shorter words score 10: 4 of them, NAGAPIE, PEASING and SPAEING included. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PAGANISE by length: 2 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 15 with 6, 59 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
12 of 59 5-letter words from PAGANISE tie at 8 points; none scores more. PAGES, AGAIN and GAINS will look familiar.
60 4-letter words made with PAGANISE letters; 11 of them share the top score of 7. PAGE, PAIN and GAIN are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PAGANISE, 4 score 6 points, the group's best. AGE, GAS and SEA are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PAGANISE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PA · ending in SE · all 8-letter words
What PAGANISE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PAGANISE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAGANISE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 219) | 179 | 219 | 164 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 40 of them: NAGAPIES, NAGAPIE, PEASING, GIPSEN, SPAING, APAGE, ASPINE, SPINAE, AGNISE, AINGAS, SAPAN, SPAG and 28 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: AGAPES, NAPAS, PAANS, GEANS, NAGAS, NAPA, PAAN, SIGNA, GEAN, AGS, GIS, NEG and 3 more.
These 9 words take every letter of PAGANISE plus a single extra one.