Unscramble PALISANDERS and you have 397 words, PALISANDERS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PALISANDERS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 2 with 10, 14 with 9, 51 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
The 10-letter words in PALISANDERS come to 2, each scoring 13 points.
10 of 14 9-letter words made with PALISANDERS letters tie at 12 points; none scores more. AIRPLANES, ISLANDERS and PALISADES will look familiar.
Of the 51 8-letter words from PALISANDERS, 24 score 11 points, the group's best. PARADISE, SALARIES and AIRPLANE are the ones most people know.
60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PALISANDERS; 46 of them share the top score of 10. SPREADS, SPIDERS and DESPAIR are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words from PALISANDERS come to 60, each scoring 9 points. PASSED, SPIDER and PARADE are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words in PALISANDERS; 46 of them share the top score of 8. SPEND, RAPID and PRIDE are everyday picks.
18 of 60 4-letter words made with PALISANDERS letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. PAID, PASS and PAIN will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PALISANDERS, 5 score 6 points, the group's best. END, ADS and AID are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PALISANDERS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with PA · ending in RS · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PALISADES, PARADISES, RAPIDNESS, SANDPILES, SPANDRELS, SPANDRILS and SPINDLERS (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts PALISANDERS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALISANDERS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 397) | 312 | 394 | 290 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PALISANDERS, PALISANDER, PARDALISES, PRAEDIALS, SPELDRINS, DIAPASES, PARDALES, PARDALIS, PEDRAILS, PREDIALS, PRENASALS, SPELDINS and 73 more, 85 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DESPISAL, LIPREADS, LIPREAD, RINDLESS, NAPED, PEDIS, AREPA, DEPS, PEDI, DEP, LIPA, LIPE and 7 more, 19 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: PALAISES, LARPED and LARP, 3 in all.