Unscramble POLTERGEIST to get 375 words. POLTERGEIST itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from POLTERGEIST split into 1 with 11 letters, 8 with 9, 39 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2. None has 10 letters.
5 of 39 8-letter words made with POLTERGEIST letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. PRESTIGE, REPTILES and SPLITTER will look familiar.
Among 60 7-letter words from POLTERGEIST, the top score is 10, reached by 10. REPLIES, PROTEST and REPTILE are the familiar ones.
16 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble POLTERGEIST tie at 9 points; none scores more. POSTER, POTTER and GOSPEL will look familiar.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POLTERGEIST; 18 of them share the top score of 8. PETER, PILOT and PEERS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words from POLTERGEIST, 10 score 7 points, the group's best. POST, PORT and PETS are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in POLTERGEIST, GIP, PEG and PIG tie for first at 6 points. GET, TOP and GOT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of POLTERGEIST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ST · all 11-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; EPISTOLER, GOSPELER, PEROGIES, PISTOLEER, PORTLIEST, POTTERIES, PRESTIGE and PROTEGES (11 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept POLTERGEIST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLTERGEIST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 375) | 290 | 375 | 263 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
85 of the 375 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EPISTOLET, PELORIES, PIEROGS, PISTOLET, PORTIEST, RISPETTO, SPIRELET, ERGOTISE, GOLPES, GRIPLE, PERIOST, PEROGS and 73 more. 27 of the 375 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PEROGIES, SPROGLET, PEROGIE, PEROGIS, PEROGI, ESPOIR, PITOTS, POLIES, POSIER, POSTIE, SPROG, LIPOS and 15 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of POLTERGEIST and one more.