Unscramble POLTERGEISTS and you have 419 words, POLTERGEISTS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. POLTERGEIST is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from POLTERGEISTS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 4 with 10, 26 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words made with POLTERGEISTS letters: POLTERGEIST, for 14 points.
EPISTOLERS, EPISTOLETS and PISTOLEERS are the top 10-letter words in POLTERGEISTS, 12 points each.
Of the 26 9-letter words you get when you unscramble POLTERGEISTS, 5 score 12 points, the group's best. LOTTERIES and SPLITTERS are the ones most people know.
8 of 60 8-letter words from POLTERGEISTS tie at 11 points; none scores more. PRESTIGE, PROTESTS and SPOILERS will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words from POLTERGEISTS, 13 score 10 points, the group's best. POSTERS, PERSIST and PISTOLS are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words in POLTERGEISTS; 20 of them share the top score of 9. GOSPEL, PETITE and GOSSIP are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words made with POLTERGEISTS letters, the top score is 8, reached by 18. PETER, PILOT and PEERS are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble POLTERGEISTS tie at 7 points; none scores more. POST, PORT and PETS will look familiar.
GIP, PEG and PIG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words from POLTERGEISTS. GET, TOP and GOT are the ones most people know.
These 3 words have the length of POLTERGEISTS, with one letter different:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by EPISTOLERS, GOSPELERS, PISTOLEERS, PRESTIGES, SERPIGOES and SPROGLETS (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
POLTERGEISTS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLTERGEISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 419) | 323 | 418 | 293 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
96 of the 419 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EPISTOLETS, GOSPELISE, EPISTOLET, PISTOLETS, POSTERISE, SPIRELETS, ERGOTISES, PELORIES, PERIOSTS, PIEROGS, PISTOLET, PORTESSE and 84 more. 29 of the 419 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SPROGLETS, PEROGIES, SERPIGOS, SPROGLET, PEROGIE, PEROGIS, ESPOIRS, PEROGI, POSIEST, POSTIES, SPROGS, ESPOIR and 17 more. 1 of the 419 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LITOTESES.