Unscramble PILOTFISH and you have 196 words, PILOTFISH itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. SHOPLIFT is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. 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 PILOTFISH split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 5 with 7, 14 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 22 with 2.
The 5-letter words from PILOTFISH are led by FILTH, FLOSH and SHIFT, 11 points each. PILOT, SPLIT and PLOTS are the familiar ones.
FISH tops the 4-letter words in PILOTFISH at 10 points; next come FLIP and FLOP on 9. SHOP, SHIP and HOST will look familiar.
FOH scores highest among the 3-letter words made with PILOTFISH letters at 9 points, ahead of FOP and HIP on 8. ITS, TOP and HOT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PILOTFISH but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PI · ending in SH · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SHOPLIFT (16 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PILOTFISH is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PILOTFISH itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 196) | 168 | 195 | 151 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POSITIF, FLOSH, HIPT, PILOTIS, POHS, SPIF, TIFOSI, HIOIS, LITHS, POSTIL, THOLI, TIFOS and 15 more, 27 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PILOTFISH, PISOLITH, LITHOPS, PITHOI, PITHOS, FOILIST, PHOS, PHO, LIPOS, HOS, LIPO, SHO and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.