234 words come out when you unscramble PIGWASHES, starting with PIGWASHES itself: 18 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are PEISHWAS and PIGWASH, 16 points each. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PIGWASHES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 8 with 7, 23 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in PIGWASHES: PEISHWAS, 16 points.
PESHWA and PSHAWS are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PIGWASHES, 14 points each. WISHES, SHAPES and PHASES will look familiar.
PSHAW, WHAPS and WHIPS share the top score of 13 among the 5-letter words from PIGWASHES. PAGES, SHIPS and PHASE are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words from PIGWASHES are led by PHEW, WHAP and WHIP, 12 points each. PAGE, WISH and SHIP are the familiar ones.
HAW, HEW and WHA are the top 3-letter words in PIGWASHES, 9 points each. WAS, HAS and AGE will look familiar.
These 5 words have the length of PIGWASHES, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with PI · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with WASPISH (15 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PIGWASHES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIGWASHES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 234) | 202 | 234 | 191 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PIGWASHES, PEISHWAS, PIGWASH, PEISHWA, PESHWAS, PESHWA, SIWASH, WASPIES, PEGHS, WASPIE, WHISS, HESPS and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ASSWIPE, SHWAS, SHWA, HEPS, AHIS, AHI, AHS, EW, AGS, GIS and GI, 11 in all.