Unscramble PHALANGER to get 233 words. PHALANGER itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. PHALANGE is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PHALANGER by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 27 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with PHALANGER letters: PHALANGE, for 14 points.
RAPHAE scores highest among the 6-letter words from PHALANGER at 11 points, ahead of ARGHAN and HANGAR on 10. PLANAR, HANGER and RAGLAN are the ones most people know.
GRAPH, PHAGE and PHANG are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PHALANGER, 11 points each. PANEL, ALPHA and ANGEL will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words from PHALANGER, PEGH leads with 10 points, then EPHA and HARP on 9. PAGE, HELP and PLAN are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words in PHALANGER, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. ARE, AGE and PAN are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of PHALANGER for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with PH · ending in ER · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PHALANGE (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PHALANGER, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHALANGER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 233) | 192 | 232 | 180 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
41 of the 233 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PHANG, AHEAP, ARGHAN, HANAP, HEPAR, PEGH, PHARE, PARAGE, ALNAGER, APAGE, APGAR, NAHAL and 29 more. 11 of the 233 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: GRAPLE, ARGH, AREPA, PARAE, PAREN, PRANA, LAH, NAPA, PAAN, AREG and NEG. 1 of the 233 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARP.
These 3 words take every letter of PHALANGER plus a single extra one.