Unscramble PTARMICS and you have 231 words, PTARMICS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 14 points: CRAMPITS. IMPACTS, CRAMPIT and PTARMIC are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from PTARMICS split into 2 with 8 letters, 7 with 7, 27 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Of the 27 6-letter words from PTARMICS, 5 score 12 points, the group's best. IMPACT, SCRIPT and RACISM are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PTARMICS tie at 11 points; none scores more. PARTS, CAMPS and STAMP will look familiar.
CAMP scores highest among the 4-letter words made with PTARMICS letters at 10 points, ahead of AMPS and CAMI on 8. CART, CARS and PICS are the ones most people know.
10 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PTARMICS tie at 7 points; none scores more. ITS, MAP and CAR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PTARMICS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PT · ending in CS · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CRAMPITS (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts PTARMICS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PTARMICS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 231) | 200 | 229 | 181 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
31 of the 231 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PTARMICS, PTARMIC, CIMARS, PARTIM, PICRAS, STRAMP, APISM, CIMAR, CRIMS, PICRA, SAMPI, SCAPI and 19 more. 17 of the 231 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MATRICS, MATRIC, CAMIS, CAPRI, AMRITS, CAMI, MICS, MIPS, SPAM, AMRIT, CRIAS, CRITS and 5 more. 2 of the 231 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIPS and CRIP.
These 7 words take every letter of PTARMICS plus a single extra one.