Unscramble PENTHOUSES and you have 311 words, PENTHOUSES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. PENTHOUSE, PESTHOUSE and POSHTEENS are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PENTHOUSES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 7 with 8, 32 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
Among 32 7-letter words from PENTHOUSES, the top score is 12, reached by 8.
16 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PENTHOUSES tie at 11 points; none scores more. PHONES, HOUSES and SHEETS will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from PENTHOUSES, the top score is 10, reached by 21. PHONE, SOUTH and HOUSE are the familiar ones.
19 of 60 4-letter words in PENTHOUSES tie at 9 points; none scores more. THEN, SHOP and HOPE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with PENTHOUSES letters, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. NOT, TOP and HOT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PENTHOUSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PE · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HEPTOSES and POTHEENS (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PENTHOUSES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENTHOUSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 311) | 245 | 311 | 224 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
66 of the 311 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POSHTEENS, POSHTEEN, EUPHONS, SEPHENS, SHEEPOS, EUPHON, PHENES, PHEONS, PHESES, POSHES, SEPHEN, SHEEPO and 54 more. 21 of the 311 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SHTUPS, THESPS, PHEOS, SHTUP, THESP, HEPS, PHEO, PHOS, PHO, HOSS, SESH, SHEN and 9 more.
This word takes every letter of PENTHOUSES plus a single extra one.