Unscramble PHOBICS and you have 102 words, PHOBICS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. PHOBIC is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of PHOBICS at once for 66 in Scrabble (16 + 50) or 53 in Words With Friends (18 + 35).
P34H43O1B34I1C34S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PHOBICS by length: 1 with 7 letters, 2 with 6, 4 with 5, 33 with 4, 45 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Of the 45 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PHOBICS, 12 score 8 points, the group's best. PIC, HIP and HOP are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PHOBICS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with PH · ending in CS · all 7-letter words
PHOBICS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PHOBICS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHOBICS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 102) | 83 | 102 | 71 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
19 of the 102 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHIBS, CHIB, BOHS, POHS, SICH, BOH, HOC, CH, HOIS, BOIS, HOI, ISH and 7 more. 12 of the 102 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BISH, PHOS, COPI, OCH, PHO, HOS, SHO, SOH, POS, SOC, PO and OI.
These 2 words take every letter of PHOBICS plus a single extra one.