Unscramble PORTHOLE and you have 170 words, PORTHOLE itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of PORTHOLE is on the page: POTHOLER, each 13 points. POTHOLE is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PORTHOLE by length: 2 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 15 with 6, 23 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 17 with 2.
POTHOLE is the only one of the 7-letter words made with PORTHOLE letters; it scores 12 points.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with PORTHOLE letters, 9 score 9 points, the group's best. HELP, PORT and HOPE are the ones most people know.
Among 52 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PORTHOLE, the top score is 8, reached by 6. TOP, TOO and HOT are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of PORTHOLE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with PO · ending in LE · all 8-letter words
The meaning of PORTHOLE, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PORTHOLE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PORTHOLE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 170) | 138 | 170 | 124 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 32 of them: HEPT, LOTHER, POOTER, POOTLE, HOOR, HORE, HOTE, OPTER, POORT, PROTO, ROHE, TEHR and 20 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: POTHOLER, PHEO, PHO, POOLER, HOLO, HOO, ROOTLE, TOPO, POO, LOTO, PO, LOR and 2 more.
These 3 words take every letter of PORTHOLE plus a single extra one.