Unscramble PHILOSOPHISMS and you have 252 words, PHILOSOPHISMS itself among them: it scores 25 in Scrabble and 27 in Words With Friends. PHILOSOPHISM is the best of the shorter words, at 24 points. It has 13 letters, 4 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PHILOSOPHISMS by length: 1 with 13 letters, 1 with 12, 2 with 9, 4 with 8, 13 with 7, 31 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 11 or 10 letters.
PHILOSOPHISM is the only one of the 12-letter words in PHILOSOPHISMS; it scores 24 points.
6 of 31 6-letter words from PHILOSOPHISMS tie at 13 points; none scores more. POLISH and SPOILS will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words in PHILOSOPHISMS, PHISH leads with 13 points, then HIPPO and OOMPH on 12. SHIPS, SHOPS and POOLS are the familiar ones.
The best of the 4-letter words made with PHILOSOPHISMS letters is PHOH, 12 points; HISH and HOHS on 10 follow. SHOP, SHIP and HOMO are everyday picks.
HOH and SHH share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PHILOSOPHISMS. OIL, POP and HIP are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of PHILOSOPHISMS for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 13-letter words: starting with PH · ending in MS · all 13-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HIPPISH (17 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PHILOSOPHISMS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHILOSOPHISMS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 252) | 187 | 251 | 156 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PHILOSOPHISMS, PHILOSOPHISM, SHLOSHIMS, SHLOSHIM, LOMPISH, PHLOMIS, SHIPPOS, SHIPPO, MISSISH, PHOH, SPLOOSH, HOOSH and 52 more, 64 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PHISH, SHOOSH, SMOOSH, MOHOS, HIMS, HOMS, MOHO, MOSH, OPPOS, PHOS, POMOS, HOLOS and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: POPISH.