Unscramble PARENTHESIS to get 458 words. PARENTHESIS itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of PARENTHESIS is on the page: INTERPHASES, each 16 points. 6 shorter words score 15, among them ANTIHERPES, INTERPHASE and PANTHERESS. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PARENTHESIS by length: 2 with 11 letters, 10 with 10, 54 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2.
PARENTHESIS and 1 anagram, INTERPHASES, make up the 11-letter words made with PARENTHESIS letters; each scores 16 points.
Of the 10 10-letter words in PARENTHESIS, 6 score 15 points, the group's best.
54 9-letter words from PARENTHESIS; 26 of them share the top score of 14. THERAPIES is an everyday pick.
Of the 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble PARENTHESIS, 42 score 13 points, the group's best. PANTHERS, PARISHES and STARSHIP are the ones most people know.
60 7-letter words in PARENTHESIS; 52 of them share the top score of 12. PHRASES, PANTHER and SPHERES are everyday picks.
49 of 60 6-letter words made with PARENTHESIS letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. EITHER, PHRASE and PARISH will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PARENTHESIS, 25 score 10 points, the group's best. HEART, EARTH and SHIPS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from PARENTHESIS, the top score is 9, reached by 19. HERE, SHIP and HAIR are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 3-letter words in PARENTHESIS tie at 8 points; none scores more. HAS, HIT and PET will look familiar.
Trade one tile of PARENTHESIS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with PA · ending in IS · all 11-letter words
The 6 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by THERAPISES (15 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PARENTHESIS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARENTHESIS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 458) | 339 | 458 | 316 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PANTHERESS, SERAPHINES, SPHAERITES, APHETISES, HEPATISES, PARISHENS, PHRASIEST, PHRENESIS, PREHNITES, SERAPHINE, SERAPHINS, SPHAERITE and 107 more, 119 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: THERAPISES, THERAPISE, PHERESIS, HEAPERS, PHASERS, PISHERS, STARSHINE, EPISTERNA, HEAPER, PEARTNESS, PHASER, PISHER and 11 more, 23 in all.
These 5 words take every letter of PARENTHESIS plus a single extra one.