269 words come out when you unscramble PERIAPSES, starting with PERIAPSES itself: 13 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PERIAPSES split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 22 with 7, 58 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 14 with 2.
7 of 22 7-letter words made with PERIAPSES letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. PRAISES will look familiar.
Of the 58 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PERIAPSES, 7 score 10 points, the group's best. SERIES, PAPERS and EASIER are the ones most people know.
13 of 60 5-letter words from PERIAPSES tie at 9 points; none scores more. PRESS, PAPER and SPARE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from PERIAPSES, 13 score 8 points, the group's best. PASS, PAIR and PEER are the ones most people know.
4 of 52 3-letter words in PERIAPSES tie at 7 points; none scores more. ARE, SEE and AIR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PERIAPSES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PE · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by APPRISES (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: PERIAPSES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERIAPSES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 269) | 220 | 269 | 206 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 49 of them: APEPSIES, PASPIES, PEPSIS, RAPPES, EPEIRAS, ESPIERS, PAPES, PARPS, PEPSI, PRAESES, PREASES, PREASSE and 37 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: PERIAPSES, APPRESS, PERPS, PIPAS, APPS, PERP, PIPA, APP, PERES, EASERS, PERE, SEPS and 2 more.
These 4 words take every letter of PERIAPSES plus a single extra one.