286 words come out when you unscramble PERILUNES, starting with PERILUNES itself: 11 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. 6 shorter words score 10, among them PENURIES, PERILUNE and PILSENER. 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 PERILUNES split into 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 21 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Of the 21 7-letter words made with PERILUNES letters, 17 score 9 points, the group's best. REPLIES and LEISURE are the ones most people know.
47 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PERILUNES tie at 8 points; none scores more. ENSURE, INSURE and LINEUP will look familiar.
The 5-letter words from PERILUNES come to 60, each scoring 7 points. SLEEP, PULSE and PURSE are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words in PERILUNES score 6 points. PLUS, PURE and PEER are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words made with PERILUNES letters, the top score is 5, reached by 27. SEE, RUN and UPS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PERILUNES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PE · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
PERILUNES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PERILUNES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERILUNES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 286) | 227 | 286 | 221 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
59 of the 286 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PRUINES, EPRISE, EPUISE, EPULIS, ESPIER, NEPERS, PENIES, PENSEL, PERSUE, PILERS, PRUINE, PULIER and 47 more. 6 of the 286 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PERES, LIPE, PERE, URPS, URP and LUN.
Each word below uses all the letters of PERILUNES and one more.