Unscramble PERPLEXER and you have 48 words, PERPLEXER itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. PERPLEX is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. The 9 letters split into 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 PERPLEXER split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 3 with 6, 5 with 5, 17 with 4, 14 with 3 and 6 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Keep every letter of PERPLEXER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PE · ending in ER · all 9-letter words
What PERPLEXER means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PERPLEXER is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERPLEXER itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 48) | 39 | 48 | 35 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
9 of the 48 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PEEPE, ELPEE, LEEP, LERP, LEP, PEL, PRE, LERE and EE. 4 of the 48 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PERPLEXER, PLEX, PERP and PERE.
Each word below uses all the letters of PERPLEXER and one more.