Unscramble PENFULS and you have 85 words, PENFULS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of PENFULS in one turn: 62 in Scrabble (12 + 50), 51 in Words With Friends (16 + 35).
P34E1N12F4U12L12S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PENFULS by length: 1 with 7 letters, 2 with 6, 10 with 5, 30 with 4, 31 with 3 and 11 with 2.
PELF scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PENFULS at 9 points, ahead of ELFS and ENUF on 7. SELF, PLUS and FUEL are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PENFULS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with PE · ending in LS · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PELFS (10 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts PENFULS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENFULS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 85) | 66 | 85 | 61 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 19 of them: PENFULS, PENFUL, UNSELF, ELFS, NEFS, PLUES, PUSLE, SPULE, LEPS, NEF, NEPS, PELS and 7 more. Words With Friends* skips 5 of them: ENUF, FES, FE, LUNS and LUN.