210 words come out when you unscramble PALEWISE, starting with PALEWISE itself: 13 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PALEWISE split into 1 with 8 letters, 16 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 7 letters.
8 of 60 5-letter words made with PALEWISE letters tie at 10 points; none scores more. SLEEP, SWEEP and PILES will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PALEWISE, 13 score 9 points, the group's best. LAWS, WISE and LIPS are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words from PALEWISE, PAW, PEW and WAP tie for first at 8 points. WAS, SEE and LAW are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PALEWISE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PA · ending in SE · all 8-letter words
The meaning of PALEWISE, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PALEWISE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALEWISE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 210) | 169 | 210 | 156 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
41 of the 210 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WASPIE, SPAWL, SPAW, WALISE, ALEWS, AWEEL, LAIPSE, PILEAS, SEWEL, SWEAL, SWEEL, WEELS and 29 more. 13 of the 210 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: WELP, SAPELE, SWILE, WALIE, WALIS, LIPAS, PALIS, WALI, EEW, LIPA, LIPE, PALI and 1 more.