261 words come out when you unscramble PERISHING, starting with PERISHING itself: 15 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from PERISHING split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 21 with 7, 41 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 15 with 2.
The 7-letter words in PERISHING are led by HESPING, PHESING and PISHING, 13 points each. INSPIRE is the familiar one.
5 of 41 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PERISHING tie at 11 points; none scores more. SPRING, RISING and SINGER will look familiar.
The best of the 5-letter words from PERISHING is PEGHS, 11 points; EHING and GIRSH on 9 follow. RINGS, SHINE and SPINE are everyday picks.
PEGH tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PERISHING at 10 points; next come HEPS and HESP on 9. SHIP, HIRE and PINE will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from PERISHING, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. HIP, PIN and SIN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PERISHING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PE · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
What PERISHING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PERISHING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERISHING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 261) | 204 | 261 | 195 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 57 of them: HESPING, PHESING, HIRINGS, INSHIP, PEGHS, SERIPH, SHIRING, PEGH, PERSING, PIGSNIE, RISPING, EHING and 45 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: PISHER, PIEINGS, HEPS, REISHI, SHEN, GIS, NEG, SIG and GI.
These 4 words take every letter of PERISHING plus a single extra one.