187 words come out when you unscramble POACHES, starting with POACHES itself: 14 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 14 points: CHEAPOS, EPOCHAS and SHOEPAC. The best shorter words score 13: 7 of them, EPOCHS, CHAPES and CHEAPO included. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. POACHES as a single 7-tile play makes 64 in Scrabble, 14 plus the 50 bonus, and 50 in Words With Friends (15 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from POACHES by length: 4 with 7 letters, 8 with 6, 37 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Of the 37 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POACHES, 10 score 12 points, the group's best. SPACE, CHEAP and PHASE are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from POACHES; 4 of them share the top score of 11. EACH, CASE and SHOP are everyday picks.
Among 59 3-letter words in POACHES, the top score is 8, reached by 13. HAS, SEA and SEC are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of POACHES, with one letter different:
More 7-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
What POACHES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. POACHES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POACHES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 187) | 157 | 187 | 134 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
30 of the 187 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EPOCHAS, EPOCHA, PHOCAE, PHOCAS, PHOCA, OSHAC, SHOPE, CHAS, HESP, PACOS, PAHS, POHS and 18 more. 23 of the 187 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: OCHES, PHEOS, SCOPAE, HEPS, OCHE, PHEO, PHOS, SCOPA, OCH, PHO, HAOS, AHS and 11 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of POACHES and one more.