Unscramble PRIMINES and you have 189 words, PRIMINES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are PISMIRE, PRIMINE and PRIMSIE, 11 points each. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PRIMINES split into 1 with 8 letters, 7 with 7, 16 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 43 with 3 and 13 with 2.
9 of 49 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PRIMINES tie at 9 points; none scores more. PRIME, MINES and SPINE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from PRIMINES, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. MINI, RISE and MINE are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PRIMINES is IMP, 7 points; EMS and ERM on 5 follow. MEN, PIN and SIR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of PRIMINES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PR · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
PRIMINES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PRIMINES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRIMINES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 189) | 148 | 189 | 144 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: IMPIES, NIMPS, PIRNIES, PREMS, SNIPIER, MINIER, PIERIS, PINIES, PIRNIE, PREM, SPIM, EPRIS and 29 more, 41 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MIPS, MIRINS, MIRIN and MES, 4 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of PRIMINES spell the words below.