Unscramble PUNCHLESS to get 194 words. PUNCHLESS itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
P34U12N12C34H43L12E1S1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from PUNCHLESS split into 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 24 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 44 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 8 letters.
4 of 24 6-letter words in PUNCHLESS tie at 13 points; none scores more. CENSUS, PUSHES and PULSES will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PUNCHLESS, CHELP, PECHS and PUNCH tie for first at 12 points. HELPS, SPECS and LUNCH are everyday picks.
Among the 4-letter words from PUNCHLESS, PECH leads with 11 points, then CUSH and HELP on 9. SUCH, LESS and PLUS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PUNCHLESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PU · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
PUNCHLESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PUNCHLESS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUNCHLESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 194) | 143 | 194 | 134 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 51 of them: PLEUCHS, CHELPS, PLEUCH, CHELP, CUSHES, SULPHS, HESPS, LEUCH, PLESH, PUNCES, SECHS, SULPH and 39 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: CHUSES, SCHULS, CHUSE, HEPS, SESH, SHEN, SEPS, LUN and SUS.
These 3 words take every letter of PUNCHLESS plus a single extra one.