Unscramble PERTUSSES and you have 235 words, PERTUSSES itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of PERTUSSES is on the page: SUPERSETS, each 11 points. Of the shorter words, SUPERSET leads with 10 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PERTUSSES split into 2 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 15 with 7, 49 with 6, 60 with 5, 59 with 4, 35 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Of the 49 6-letter words from PERTUSSES, 33 score 8 points, the group's best. STRESS, PETERS and PURSES are the ones most people know.
40 of 60 5-letter words made with PERTUSSES letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. PRESS, SUPER and PETER will look familiar.
Of the 59 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PERTUSSES, 25 score 6 points, the group's best. USER, SURE and TRUE are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of PERTUSSES, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with PE · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PERUSES, PESTERS, PRESETS, PRESSES and REPUTES (9 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: PERTUSSES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERTUSSES itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 235) | 192 | 235 | 171 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
43 of the 235 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SUPERSETS, SUPERSET, PERSUES, PERTUSE, PUSSERS, SPERSES, UPRESTS, PERSUE, PETRES, PRESES, PUSSER, SPERSE and 31 more. 21 of the 235 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PERTUSSES, EUSTRESS, PERES, PERE, SEPS, SUETES, TUSSES, URPS, PST, RESES, SUETE, URP and 9 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of PERTUSSES and one more.