Unscramble PARISHES and you have 281 words, PARISHES itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 13 points: SHARPIES. The best shorter words score 12: 14 of them, PHRASES, SHARPIE and SHAPERS included. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PARISHES by length: 2 with 8 letters, 22 with 7, 58 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
14 of 22 7-letter words in PARISHES tie at 12 points; none scores more. PHRASES and PRAISES will look familiar.
Of the 58 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PARISHES, 24 score 11 points, the group's best. SHARES, PHRASE and PARISH are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from PARISHES; 16 of them share the top score of 10. PRESS, SHARE and SHIPS are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PARISHES, the top score is 9, reached by 14. SHIP, HAIR and PASS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words from PARISHES, 6 score 8 points, the group's best. ARE, HAS and AIR are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of PARISHES, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with PA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What PARISHES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. PARISHES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARISHES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 281) | 232 | 281 | 222 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SERIPHS, SPHAERS, SPHEARS, HEPARS, PHARES, SERIPH, SPHAER, SPHEAR, ARISHES, HEPAR, HESPS, PHARE and 37 more, 49 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PHASERS, PISHERS, PHASER, PISHER, HEPS, AHIS, SESH, AHI, AHS and RAI, 10 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of PARISHES plus a single extra one.