Unscramble PERIPHRASIS to get 341 words. PERIPHRASIS itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PERIPHRASIS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 9, 18 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Among 18 8-letter words in PERIPHRASIS, the top score is 15, reached by 4. SAPPHIRE, PARISHES and SHIPPERS are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PERIPHRASIS tie at 14 points; none scores more. PERHAPS, PRAIRIE and PHRASES will look familiar.
HAPPIS, HIPPER and HIPPIE share the top score of 13 among the 6-letter words from PERIPHRASIS. PAPERS, SHARES and PHRASE are the ones most people know.
HAPPI tops the 5-letter words made with PERIPHRASIS letters at 12 points; next come APHIS and APISH on 10. PAPER, SHARE and SHIPS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PERIPHRASIS, 14 score 9 points, the group's best. SHIP, HAIR and HEAR are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words from PERIPHRASIS; 6 of them share the top score of 8. ARE, HAS and AIR are everyday picks.
These 2 words have the length of PERIPHRASIS, with one letter different:
More 11-letter words: starting with PE · ending in IS · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SAPPHIRES (16 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. PERIPHRASIS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERIPHRASIS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 341) | 273 | 341 | 247 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHIPPIES, HAPPIES, SHIPPIE, PHRASERS, PHRASIER, PHRASER, RIPPIERS, SERIPHS, SPHAERS, SPHEARS, ARRISHES, HEPARS and 56 more, 68 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PRESHIPS, PRESHIP, HAPPIS, PERIAPSIS, HAPPI, PHASERS, PISHERS, APPRESS, PHASER, PISHER, HISSIER, REISHIS and 14 more, 26 in all.