Unscramble PHTHISES and you have 152 words, PHTHISES itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34H43T1H43I1S1E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PHTHISES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 13 with 6, 33 with 5, 54 with 4, 36 with 3 and 14 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in PHTHISES: PHISHES, 15 points.
Among the 5-letter words from PHTHISES, PHISH leads with 13 points, then HETHS and HITHE on 11. SITES, SHIPS and STEPS are the familiar ones.
HEHS, HETH and HISH share the top score of 10 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PHTHISES. SITE, TIPS and STEP are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PHTHISES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PH · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
PHTHISES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PHTHISES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHTHISES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 152) | 122 | 152 | 108 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
30 of the 152 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HISHES, HITHES, HITHE, SHISH, HESPS, HISH, HEPT, HESP, HIPT, SIETHS, SITHES, ISHES and 18 more. 14 of the 152 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PHISHES, PHISH, THESPS, THESP, HEPS, SHITES, SHITE, SESH, SEPS, PST, ESTS, EST and 2 more.