Unscramble PERSISTS and you have 203 words, PERSISTS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 9: 11 of them, STRIPES, PRIESTS and PERSIST included. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PERSISTS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 13 with 7, 33 with 6, 53 with 5, 58 with 4, 33 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Of the 33 6-letter words made with PERSISTS letters, 27 score 8 points, the group's best. STRESS, SISTER and PRIEST are the ones most people know.
Among 53 5-letter words from PERSISTS, the top score is 7, reached by 36. SITES, PRESS and STEPS are the familiar ones.
Of the 58 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PERSISTS, 28 score 6 points, the group's best. SITE, TIPS and STEP are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of PERSISTS, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with PE · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
PERSISTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PERSISTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERSISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 203) | 164 | 202 | 153 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
38 of the 203 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TRIPSES, PIERST, PIERTS, SPERST, EPRIS, PERST, PERTS, PETRI, PIERT, PIETS, PISES, RISPS and 26 more. 11 of the 203 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SITREPS, SITREP, RESITS, SEPS, PST, RESIT, ESTS, TRES, EST, TES and TE. 1 of the 203 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 4 words take every letter of PERSISTS plus a single extra one.