Unscramble POSTICHES to get 300 words. POSTICHES itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 15, among them HOSPICES, CHIPSETS and POSTICHE. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from POSTICHES split into 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 8, 27 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Of the 27 7-letter words made with POSTICHES letters, 6 score 14 points, the group's best. HOSPICE and PITCHES are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble POSTICHES, the top score is 13, reached by 4. TOPICS, COPIES and ETHICS are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 5-letter words from POSTICHES tie at 12 points; none scores more. TOPIC, SHIPS and SHOPS will look familiar.
The 4-letter words in POSTICHES are led by CHIP, CHOP and PECH, 11 points each. SHOP, TECH and PICS are the familiar ones.
15 of 60 3-letter words made with POSTICHES letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. HOT, HIT and PET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of POSTICHES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
POSTICHES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
POSTICHES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POSTICHES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 300) | 240 | 300 | 205 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 60 of them: POTCHES, ECHOISTS, POTCHE, SPETCH, TOISECHS, COPSIEST, ECHOIST, ETHIOPS, POTCH, STICHOS, TOISECH, POSHES and 48 more. Words With Friends* skips 35 of them: CHIPSETS, CHIPSET, SITCHES, PITHOS, THESPS, OCHES, PHEOS, SITCH, SPECTS, TECHS, THESP, ECHT and 23 more.
This word takes every letter of POSTICHES plus a single extra one.