Unscramble PHOSPHENES to get 189 words. PHOSPHENES itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
P34H43O1S1P34H43E1N12E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PHOSPHENES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 4 with 7, 19 with 6, 43 with 5, 60 with 4, 44 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in PHOSPHENES: PHOSPHENE, for 19 points.
13 of 43 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PHOSPHENES tie at 10 points; none scores more. PHONE, SHOES and SENSE will look familiar.
PHOH scores highest among the 4-letter words from PHOSPHENES at 12 points, ahead of HEHS and HOHS on 10. OPEN, SHOP and HOPE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of PHOSPHENES for another and you can spell this word:
More 10-letter words: starting with PH · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
The 5 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SHOPPES (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PHOSPHENES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHOSPHENES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 189) | 150 | 189 | 130 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
39 of the 189 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PHOH, SEPHENS, SHEEPOS, PHENES, PHEONS, PHESES, POSHES, SEPHEN, SHEEPO, HESPS, HOHS, OPEPES and 27 more. 20 of the 189 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SHEESH, PHEOS, HEPS, PHEO, PHOS, PHO, HOSS, SESH, SHEN, SOHS, HOS, SEPS and 8 more.