Unscramble PERIPATUS and you have 296 words, PERIPATUS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PERIAPTS, 12 points. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PERIPATUS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 30 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in PERIPATUS: PERIAPTS, 12 points.
Among 30 7-letter words made with PERIPATUS letters, the top score is 11, reached by 12. PARTIES, PIRATES and PASTURE are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 6-letter words from PERIPATUS, 18 score 10 points, the group's best. PAPERS, PRAISE and PRIEST are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PERIPATUS, the top score is 9, reached by 17. PAPER, PARTS and UPPER are the familiar ones.
14 of 60 4-letter words made with PERIPATUS letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. PART, PAST and PETS will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PERIPATUS, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. ARE, ITS and ART are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PERIPATUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PE · ending in US · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PERIAPTS (12 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PERIPATUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERIPATUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 296) | 237 | 295 | 219 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 58 of them: PURPIES, UPSPEAR, APPUIS, PURPIE, RAPPES, APPUI, PAIREST, PAPES, PARPS, PEPSI, PUIREST, RAPPE and 46 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: PEPITAS, PEPITA, PERITUS, PERPS, PIPAS, PRATIES, APPS, PERP, PIPA, PRATIE, SITREP, APP and 7 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: PAPIST.