Unscramble PITHBALLS and you have 226 words, PITHBALLS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PITHBALL leads with 15 points. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from PITHBALLS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 1 with 7, 20 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
TALLISH is the only one of the 7-letter words in PITHBALLS; it scores 10 points.
Of the 60 5-letter words from PITHBALLS, 17 score 10 points, the group's best. HILLS, BILLS and PILLS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from PITHBALLS, the top score is 9, reached by 19. BILL, HILL and HALL are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 3-letter words in PITHBALLS tie at 8 points; none scores more. ALL, HAS and ITS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PITHBALLS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PI · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PHALLIST (13 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PITHBALLS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PITHBALLS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 226) | 197 | 226 | 183 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 29 of them: PITHBALLS, PITHBALL, TASBIH, BHAIS, BHATS, BLASH, BHAI, BHAT, HIPT, ILLTHS, PAHS, SHALLI and 17 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: BISH, THALIS, BALTIS, THALI, AHIS, BALTI, LAHS, LIPAS, PALIS, AHI, AHS, LAH and 2 more.