Unscramble PHILTRUM and you have 105 words, PHILTRUM itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34H43I1L12T1R1U12M34
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PHILTRUM by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 13 with 5, 40 with 4, 37 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 6 letters.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in PHILTRUM: TRIUMPH, for 14 points.
HUMP and UMPH share the top score of 11 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PHILTRUM. TRIP, HURT and TRIM are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of PHILTRUM for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with PH · ending in UM · all 8-letter words
PHILTRUM first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PHILTRUM works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHILTRUM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 105) | 80 | 104 | 76 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HIPT, PILUM, PRUH, PIUM, PLIM, PUH, LITH, MURTI, HUI, MUIL, MUIR, MURL and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: UMPH, PTUI, TUM and URP, 4 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: MULTI.
This word takes every letter of PHILTRUM plus a single extra one.