Unscramble PHILOMELA and you have 211 words, PHILOMELA itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, LAMPHOLE and PHILOMEL lead with 15 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PHILOMELA split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 2 with 7, 15 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 31 with 2.
40 5-letter words from PHILOMELA; 9 of them share the top score of 10. EMAIL, HELLO and MAPLE are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PHILOMELA, HEMP leads with 11 points, then AHEM and EPHA on 9. HOME, HELP and MAIL are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words from PHILOMELA, 16 score 8 points, the group's best. MAP, AIM and HIP are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of PHILOMELA, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with PH · ending in LA · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PHILOMEL (15 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PHILOMELA is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHILOMELA itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 211) | 177 | 209 | 153 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LAMPHOLE, HOLMIA, LEHAIM, OLLAMH, OMLAH, PALMIE, MIHA, PELMA, LEIPOA, PLIM, APIOL, LOIPE and 21 more, 33 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PHILOMELA, PELHAM, HOLME, HOMIE, HOMA, PHEO, HOM, MEH, PHO, EMAIL, PALEO, AHI and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI. Not in Scrabble UK: HAOLE.
With one more tile, the letters of PHILOMELA spell the words below.