Unscramble PATHNAMES to get 271 words. PATHNAMES itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PHANTASM and PATHNAME lead with 15 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PATHNAMES split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 17 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
EMPATHS tops the 7-letter words made with PATHNAMES letters at 14 points; next come ANTHEMS and ATHAMES on 12. PEASANT will look familiar.
EMPATH scores highest among the 6-letter words from PATHNAMES at 13 points, ahead of ANTHEM and ASHAME on 11. ASTHMA, SHAMAN and SEAMAN are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PATHNAMES, HEMPS and PASHM tie for first at 12 points. PHASE, SHAPE and STAMP are everyday picks.
HEMP tops the 4-letter words from PATHNAMES at 11 points; next come AHEM and AMAH on 9. MAPS, PATH and HEAT will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in PATHNAMES, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. HAS, MAP and MAN are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of PATHNAMES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PA · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
PATHNAMES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PATHNAMES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATHNAMES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 271) | 216 | 271 | 193 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 55 of them: ATHAMES, ASHAME, ATHAME, ENSTAMP, HANAPS, MANEHS, MEATHS, PEATMAN, SMEATH, SPAEMAN, TAPSMAN, TAPSMEN and 43 more. Words With Friends* skips 23 of them: PATHNAMES, PATHNAME, EMPATHS, EMPATH, MAHANTS, PASHM, ASHPAN, MAHANT, APEMAN, MENSH, THESP, HEPS and 11 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of PATHNAMES and one more.