Unscramble PELORIES and you have 232 words, PELORIES itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 9: 6 of them, REPLIES, SPOILER and ELOPERS included. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PELORIES split into 1 with 8 letters, 7 with 7, 31 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Of the 31 6-letter words in PELORIES, 22 score 8 points, the group's best. RELIES, PLIERS and OILERS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words from PELORIES, the top score is 7, reached by 56. SLEEP, SLOPE and PEERS are the familiar ones.
46 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PELORIES tie at 6 points; none scores more. PEER, LIES and SLIP will look familiar.
Of the 54 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PELORIES, 22 score 5 points, the group's best. SEE, PRO and OIL are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PELORIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PE · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ELOPERS, LEPROSE, REPLIES, SPIELER and SPOILER (9 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts PELORIES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PELORIES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 232) | 188 | 232 | 176 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
44 of the 232 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PELORIES, SLOPIER, EPRISE, ESPIER, PILERS, ELOPS, EPRIS, LEEPS, LERPS, LIPES, LOERIES, LOIPE and 32 more. 12 of the 232 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ESPOIR, POLIES, POSIER, LIPOS, PERES, LIPE, LIPO, PERE, POS, PO, LOR and OI.
These 8 words take every letter of PELORIES plus a single extra one.