286 words come out when you unscramble PUTONGHUAS, starting with PUTONGHUAS itself: 16 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PUTONGHUAS split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 21 with 7, 50 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
PUTONGHUA is the only one of the 9-letter words made with PUTONGHUAS letters; it scores 15 points.
HANGUPS and UPHANGS share the top score of 13 among the 7-letter words from PUTONGHUAS. SHOTGUN and HANGOUT are the ones most people know.
50 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PUTONGHUAS; 5 of them share the top score of 12. THONGS, SOUGHT and SHOGUN are everyday picks.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PUTONGHUAS, PHANG leads with 11 points, then HAPUS and OPAHS on 10. SOUTH, GHOST and TOUGH are the familiar ones.
PUGH tops the 4-letter words from PUTONGHUAS at 10 points; next come HAPS and HAPU on 9. SHOP, HOST and PATH will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words in PUTONGHUAS, the top score is 8, reached by 8. HAS, TOP and HOT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PUTONGHUAS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PU · ending in AS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with HANGUPS (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PUTONGHUAS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUTONGHUAS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 286) | 221 | 286 | 199 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
65 of the 286 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UPHANGS, PHANGS, TOHUNGAS, UPGUSH, UPHANG, UPHUNG, AGUNOTH, PHANG, TOHUNGA, ANOUGH, HAPUS, POTGUNS and 53 more. 22 of the 286 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PUTONGHUAS, PUTONGHUA, UNHASP, SHTUP, THANGS, GOTHS, PHOS, THANG, AUGH, GOTH, PHO, HAOS and 10 more.