Unscramble PERPLEXITY to get 210 words. PERPLEXITY itself is a real word: 24 points on a Scrabble board, 26 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
P34E1R1P34L12E1X8I1T1Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PERPLEXITY by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 10 with 7, 31 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 9 letters.
EXPIRY scores highest among the 6-letter words from PERPLEXITY at 18 points, ahead of EXPERT and EXPIRE on 15. TRIPLE and RIPPLE are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PERPLEXITY, PREXY, PYREX and PYXIE tie for first at 17 points. REPLY, PETER and ELITE are everyday picks.
PIXY tops the 4-letter words in PERPLEXITY at 16 points; next come PLEX and PREX on 13. TYPE, TRIP and EXIT will look familiar.
PYX scores highest among the 3-letter words made with PERPLEXITY letters at 15 points, ahead of YEX on 13 and PIX on 12. LET, YET and TRY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PERPLEXITY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PE · ending in TY · all 10-letter words
PERPLEXITY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PERPLEXITY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERPLEXITY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 210) | 173 | 209 | 163 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
36 of the 210 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EXTIRP, PREXIE, YEX, YIPPER, TRIPEY, TRIPPLE, TEX, TIPPEE, TRIPY, PYET, RYPE, TILERY and 24 more. 10 of the 210 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PYREX, EXILER, PLEX, TIX, PERP, YEET, LIPE, PERE, YER and TE. 1 of the 210 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.