Unscramble PARALYSIS and you have 218 words, PARALYSIS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is AIRPLAYS, 13 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.
Words from PARALYSIS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 7, 23 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 13 with 2.
AIRPLAYS is the only one of the 8-letter words made with PARALYSIS letters; it scores 13 points.
15 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PARALYSIS tie at 10 points; none scores more. PLAYS, SPRAY and PAIRS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in PARALYSIS, 12 score 9 points, the group's best. PLAY, SAYS and PASS are the ones most people know.
7 of 54 3-letter words made with PARALYSIS letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. AIR, SAY and PAY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PARALYSIS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PA · ending in IS · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; AIRPLAYS (13 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PARALYSIS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARALYSIS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 218) | 175 | 216 | 161 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
43 of the 218 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PYRALIS, PALAYS, SPYALS, APAYS, PALAY, PARLY, PYRAL, SPYAL, APAY, PARIALS, PRYS, ALAYS and 31 more. 12 of the 218 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PISSY, LAIRY, LASSY, PALSAS, LIPAS, PALIS, PALSA, LAARIS, LIPA, PALI, YAS and RAI. 2 of the 218 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARPS and LARP.