Unscramble PARALIPSIS and you have 195 words, PARALIPSIS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. APPAIRS is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PARALIPSIS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 17 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 11 with 2. None has 9 letters.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in PARALIPSIS: PAIRIALS, 10 points.
11 of 60 5-letter words from PARALIPSIS tie at 9 points; none scores more. PAIRS, ALIAS and RAILS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from PARALIPSIS, 10 score 8 points, the group's best. PASS, PAIR and SLIP are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of PARALIPSIS for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with PA · ending in IS · all 10-letter words
PARALIPSIS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PARALIPSIS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARALIPSIS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 195) | 153 | 193 | 137 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: APPAIRS, APPAIR, PAIRIALS, PAIRIAL, PARIALS, PARPS, PIPIS, PLAPS, RIPPS, PARIAL, PARP, PIPI and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PARALIPSIS, PIPAS, APPS, PALSAS, PIPA, APP, LIPAS, PALIS, PALSA, LAARIS, LIPA, PALI and 2 more, 14 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARPS and LARP, 2 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of PARALIPSIS spell the words below.