Unscramble PESSIMAL and you have 267 words, PESSIMAL itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 8 shorter words score 11, among them SAMPLES, IMPASSE and SIMPLES. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PESSIMAL by length: 1 with 8 letters, 17 with 7, 51 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Of the 51 6-letter words in PESSIMAL, 15 score 10 points, the group's best. SIMPLE, SAMPLE and EMAILS are the ones most people know.
20 of 60 5-letter words from PESSIMAL tie at 9 points; none scores more. EMAIL, MILES and MEALS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PESSIMAL, 14 score 8 points, the group's best. MAIL, MALE and MAPS are the ones most people know.
59 3-letter words made with PESSIMAL letters; 4 of them share the top score of 7. MAP, ASS and SEA are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of PESSIMAL, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with PE · ending in AL · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with IMPALES, IMPASSE, MAPLESS, SAMPLES and SIMPLES (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts PESSIMAL, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PESSIMAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 267) | 213 | 267 | 199 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
54 of the 267 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PESSIMAL, MESPILS, PALMIES, PESSIMA, APISMS, MESPIL, PALMIE, PELMAS, SAMPIS, APISM, LAIPSES, MESAILS and 42 more. 14 of the 267 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MAPLESS, SPAMS, EMAILS, MIPS, SPAM, EMAIL, LIPAS, MASES, PALIS, LIASES, LIPA, LIPE and 2 more.
With one more tile, the letters of PESSIMAL spell the words below.