199 words come out when you unscramble POMPOUSLY, starting with POMPOUSLY itself: 18 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. PLUMPY and POLYPOUS are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from POMPOUSLY by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 9 with 6, 57 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with POMPOUSLY letters: POLYPOUS, for 15 points.
MOPPY tops the 5-letter words from POMPOUSLY at 14 points; next come LOPPY and LUMPY on 12. PUMPS, POOLS and LOOPS will look familiar.
60 4-letter words in POMPOUSLY; 5 of them share the top score of 11. PLUS, POOL and LOOP are everyday picks.
Among 52 3-letter words made with POMPOUSLY letters, the top score is 8, reached by 8. POP, UPS and SUM are the familiar ones.
POMPOUSLY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept POMPOUSLY, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POMPOUSLY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 199) | 143 | 199 | 122 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MOPSY, MYOPS, PSYOP, YUMPS, PUMY, SLOOMY, UMPY, YUMP, MOOLY, MOYLS, POULPS, SLOPY and 44 more, 56 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PLUMPY, MOPPY, SLUMPY, POOPY, YOMPS, YOMP, MOLYS, OPPOS, POMOS, SUMY, OPPO, POMO and 9 more, 21 in all.