Unscramble PARAENESIS and you have 313 words, PARAENESIS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are PARENESIS and PASSERINE, 11 points each. 10 letters: 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PARAENESIS split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 6 with 8, 44 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Among 44 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PARAENESIS, the top score is 9, reached by 36. SAPIENS and PRAISES are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 6-letter words from PARAENESIS score 8 points. PRAISE, SPARES and ASPIRE are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words made with PARAENESIS letters scores 7. PAIRS, PEERS and ASPEN are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PARAENESIS come to 60, each scoring 6 points. PASS, PAIN and PAIR are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words from PARAENESIS; 26 of them share the top score of 5. ARE, AIR and ASS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PARAENESIS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PA · ending in IS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by EREPSINS, NAPERIES, RIPENESS and SPIRAEAS (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: PARAENESIS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARAENESIS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 313) | 248 | 313 | 231 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
65 of the 313 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PARAENESIS, PARENESIS, PANARIES, ASPINES, EPEIRAS, ESPIERS, PASEARS, PRAESES, PREASES, PREASSE, PRESSIE, SPINARS and 53 more. 17 of the 313 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PANEERS, AREPAS, PANEER, PARENS, PRANAS, AREPA, NAPAS, PAANS, PARAE, PAREN, PERES, PRANA and 5 more.
These 2 words take every letter of PARAENESIS plus a single extra one.