Unscramble PAYNIMS and you have 151 words, PAYNIMS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. PAYNIMS as a single 7-tile play makes 64 in Scrabble, 14 plus the 50 bonus, and 51 in Words With Friends (16 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PAYNIMS by length: 1 with 7 letters, 2 with 6, 21 with 5, 56 with 4, 55 with 3 and 16 with 2.
12 of 56 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PAYNIMS tie at 9 points; none scores more. MANY, MAIN and MAPS will look familiar.
Of the 55 3-letter words from PAYNIMS, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. MAY, ANY and MAP are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of PAYNIMS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with PA · ending in MS · all 7-letter words
What PAYNIMS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PAYNIMS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAYNIMS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 151) | 124 | 151 | 118 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PANIMS, SNIPY, APISM, MINY, NIMPS, PANIM, SAMPI, NYM, SPIM, NYAS, SPAIN, SPINA and 15 more, 27 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MIPS, SPAM, MANIS, MANI, YAS and SAN, 6 in all.