Unscramble PHOBISTS and you have 166 words, PHOBISTS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PHOBISTS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 5 with 6, 26 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 20 with 2.
19 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PHOBISTS tie at 9 points; none scores more. POST, BOTH and SHOP will look familiar.
Of the 51 3-letter words in PHOBISTS, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. ITS, TOP and HOT are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of PHOBISTS, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with PH · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BISHOPS (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: PHOBISTS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHOBISTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 166) | 142 | 166 | 129 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PHOBISTS, PHOBIST, SPOSH, BOHS, HIPT, POHS, BOH, SHISO, BITOS, HOIS, BIST, BITO and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PITHOS, BISH, PHOS, PHO, HOSS, SOHS, HOS, SHO, SOH, POS, PST, PO and 1 more, 13 in all.