255 words come out when you unscramble PERILOUS, starting with PERILOUS itself: 10 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 9: 9 of them, SPOILER, LEPROUS and PELORUS included. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
Looking for spoileru, superlio, loserpiu, loipurse or superiol? They use the same letters as PERILOUS, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PERILOUS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 12 with 7, 40 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
40 6-letter words made with PERILOUS letters; 31 of them share the top score of 8. PLIERS, OILERS and PERILS are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 5-letter words from PERILOUS score 7 points. PULSE, SLOPE and PURSE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PERILOUS, the top score is 6, reached by 59. PLUS, PURE and POUR are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words in PERILOUS; 31 of them share the top score of 5. PRO, OIL and UPS are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of PERILOUS, with one letter different:
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Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with LEPROUS, PELORUS, PILEOUS, SOUPIER, SPOILER and SPORULE (9 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PERILOUS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERILOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 255) | 194 | 255 | 182 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PERLOUS, POURIES, SLOPIER, EPULIS, PILERS, POULES, POURIE, PROULS, PULIER, SOUPER, SOUPLE, ELOPS and 49 more, 61 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ESPOIR, POLIES, POSIER, LIPOS, LIPE, LIPO, URPS, POS, URP, PO, LOR and OI, 12 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of PERILOUS spell the words below.