Unscramble PURSIEST to get 269 words. PURSIEST itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 9: 19 of them, STRIPES, PRIESTS and PERSIST included. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from PURSIEST by length: 1 with 8 letters, 20 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 16 with 2.
19 of 20 7-letter words in PURSIEST tie at 9 points; none scores more. STRIPES, PRIESTS and PERSIST will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words made with PURSIEST letters, 45 score 8 points, the group's best. SUITES, SISTER and TISSUE are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PURSIEST; 57 of them share the top score of 7. PRESS, ISSUE and SUPER are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from PURSIEST, the top score is 6, reached by 42. TIPS, STEP and REST are the familiar ones.
22 of 52 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PURSIEST tie at 5 points; none scores more. USE, ITS and SET will look familiar.
Trade one tile of PURSIEST for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with PU · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
PURSIEST first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PURSIEST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PURSIEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 269) | 216 | 268 | 201 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 52 of them: PUIREST, SPRUITS, TRIPSES, UPRESTS, UPRISTS, PIERST, PIERTS, PUSSER, SPERST, SPRUIT, SPUERS, UPREST and 40 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: PERITUS, SITREPS, SITREP, PTUI, RESITS, SEPS, URPS, PST, URP, ESTS, EST, SUS and 3 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ITER.
These 12 words take every letter of PURSIEST plus a single extra one.