Unscramble PAPILLARY and you have 133 words, PAPILLARY itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PAPALLY and PAPYRAL lead with 14 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PAPILLARY split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 12 with 6, 23 with 5, 49 with 4, 33 with 3 and 10 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in PAPILLARY: PAPILLAR, 12 points.
APPAY, APPLY and LIPPY share the top score of 12 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PAPILLARY. RALLY and PAPAL are the ones most people know.
PIPY and YAPP are the top 4-letter words made with PAPILLARY letters, 11 points each. PLAY, PAIR and RAIL will look familiar.
These 4 words have the length of PAPILLARY, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with PA · ending in RY · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PAPALLY and PAPYRAL (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PAPILLARY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAPILLARY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 133) | 107 | 132 | 100 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
26 of the 133 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: APPAY, YAPP, APPAIR, PALAY, PARLY, PYRAL, APAY, RAILLY, PARIAL, PARP, PLAP, RIPP and 14 more. 6 of the 133 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LAIRY, PIPA, APP, LIPA, PALI and RAI. 1 of the 133 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARP.