Unscramble PIERHEADS and you have 317 words, PIERHEADS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from PIERHEADS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 8, 41 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
Among 41 7-letter words made with PIERHEADS letters, the top score is 13, reached by 7. HEADERS, DESPAIR and PRAISED are the familiar ones.
60 6-letter words from PIERHEADS; 10 of them share the top score of 12. SHARED, HEADER and PHRASE are everyday picks.
APHID scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PIERHEADS at 11 points, ahead of APHIS and APISH on 10. HEARD, PHASE and SHAPE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from PIERHEADS, the top score is 9, reached by 14. HERE, HARD and HEAD are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 3-letter words in PIERHEADS tie at 8 points; none scores more. HAS, HAD and ADS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PIERHEADS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PI · ending in DS · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by EPHEDRAS, PERISHED, RAPHIDES and RESHAPED (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PIERHEADS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIERHEADS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 317) | 257 | 317 | 235 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PIERHEADS, HESPERID, PIERHEAD, SPHAIREE, HEAPIER, HESPED, PHESED, SPHAERE, SPHEARE, HEDERAS, HEPARS, PHARES and 48 more, 60 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HEAPERS, DEHAIRS, HEAPER, PHASER, PISHER, DEHAIR, DESHI, HEPS, HIREES, SIDHE, AHED, HIREE and 10 more, 22 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of PIERHEADS and one more.