259 words come out when you unscramble PHILISTINE, starting with PHILISTINE itself: 15 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, HIPLINES leads with 13 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34H43I1L12I1S1T1I1N12E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PHILISTINE by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 16 with 7, 41 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 9 letters.
INSHIP, PLINTH and SPILTH share the top score of 11 among the 6-letter words from PHILISTINE. LISTEN, SILENT and SPLINE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PHILISTINE, the top score is 10, reached by 5. SPENT, HELPS and SPLIT are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with PHILISTINE letters, 11 score 9 points, the group's best. HELP, THEN and SHIP are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PHILISTINE, the top score is 8, reached by 5. ITS, SET and LET are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of PHILISTINE for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with PH · ending in NE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HIPLINES (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PHILISTINE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHILISTINE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 259) | 212 | 259 | 199 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INSHIP, PLESH, ELSHIN, HEPT, HESP, HIPT, HISTIE, LINISH, LITHES, PILIEST, SITHEN, TEHSIL and 35 more, 47 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: THESP, HEPS, LEPTINS, SPILITE, LEPTIN, SHITE, SHEN, INTELS, LIPE, PST, EST, TES and 1 more, 13 in all.
This word takes every letter of PHILISTINE plus a single extra one.