Unscramble PHILANDER and you have 294 words, PHILANDER itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PHILANDER by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 23 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in PHILANDER: HARDLINE, for 12 points.
7 of 23 7-letter words made with PHILANDER letters tie at 13 points; none scores more. HANDLER, INHALED and HEPARIN will look familiar.
The 6-letter words from PHILANDER are led by DAPHNE and HARPED, 12 points each. HANDLE, HERALD and DENIAL are the familiar ones.
APHID and DELPH are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PHILANDER, 11 points each. PANEL, HEARD and PLAIN will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in PHILANDER, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. HELP, HARD and HAND are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words made with PHILANDER letters; 6 of them share the top score of 8. HAD, AID and DIE are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of PHILANDER, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with PH · ending in ER · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HEADPIN, HELIPAD, HIRPLED, PINHEAD, RALPHED and RAPHIDE (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PHILANDER, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHILANDER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 294) | 248 | 291 | 229 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 46 of them: DELPHIN, DELPH, HIELAND, HAINED, HARELD, HARLED, HEPAR, PEDRAIL, PHARE, AHIND, HEALD, PAIDLE and 34 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: DEHAIR, HANDER, LIPREAD, HALIER, AHED, NAPED, DENARI, LARNED, PAREN, PEDI, AHI, DEP and 5 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: LARPED and LARP. Scrabble UK skips 1 of them: HARELIP.
These 2 words take every letter of PHILANDER plus a single extra one.