Unscramble PITYRIASIS to get 228 words. PITYRIASIS itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SPARSITY leads with 13 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PITYRIASIS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 5 with 7, 27 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 9 letters.
5 of 27 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PITYRIASIS tie at 11 points; none scores more. SPIRIT, STRIPS and STAIRS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from PITYRIASIS, 15 score 10 points, the group's best. PARTY, PARTS and STRIP are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from PITYRIASIS; 12 of them share the top score of 9. PART, PAST and SAYS are everyday picks.
Among 59 3-letter words in PITYRIASIS, the top score is 8, reached by 6. ITS, ART and AIR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PITYRIASIS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PI · ending in IS · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SPARSITY (13 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PITYRIASIS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PITYRIASIS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 228) | 185 | 228 | 180 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPIRITY, PIARISTS, PRATY, PYATS, TRIPY, TRYPS, YRAPT, PIARIST, PRYS, PYAT, SYRTIS, TRIPSIS and 31 more, 43 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PISSY, YAS, PST, ATS and RAI, 5 in all.
This word takes every letter of PITYRIASIS plus a single extra one.