214 words come out when you unscramble PHOSPHATE, starting with PHOSPHATE itself: 19 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PHOSPHATE split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 12 with 6, 56 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words in PHOSPHATE: TEASHOP, for 12 points.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PHOSPHATE, PHPHT leads with 15 points, then EPHAH on 13 and HEATH on 11. PHASE, SHAPE and TAPES are the familiar ones.
PHOH tops the 4-letter words from PHOSPHATE at 12 points; next come HAHS and HASH on 10. SHOP, HOPE and HOST will look familiar.
60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PHOSPHATE; 4 of them share the top score of 9. HAS, TOP and HOT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PHOSPHATE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PH · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PHPHT (15 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. PHOSPHATE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHOSPHATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 214) | 184 | 214 | 164 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PHOH, EPOPTS, HOHA, HOHS, SHOPE, EPOPT, HEPT, HESP, HOH, PAHS, PAPES, POEPS and 18 more, 30 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PHEOS, THESP, HEPS, PHEO, PHOS, APPS, PHO, APP, HAOS, AHS, HOS, SHO and 8 more, 20 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of PHOSPHATE spell the words below.