207 words come out when you unscramble PYRACANTHA, starting with PYRACANTHA itself: 20 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
P34Y43R1A1C34A1N12T1H43A1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from PYRACANTHA by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 9 with 7, 22 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 8 letters.
PATCHY tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PYRACANTHA at 16 points; next come APATHY and CHANTY on 14. CANARY and PANTRY will look familiar.
Of the 46 5-letter words from PYRACANTHA, 4 score 13 points, the group's best. PARTY, PATCH and CHART are the ones most people know.
ACHY and CHAY are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PYRACANTHA, 12 points each. PART, CART and CHAT will look familiar.
HYP scores highest among the 3-letter words from PYRACANTHA at 11 points, ahead of HAY and RHY on 9. CAN, ANY and CAR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PYRACANTHA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PY · ending in HA · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PANCHAYAT (19 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PYRACANTHA, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PYRACANTHA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 207) | 155 | 207 | 142 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 52 of them: PYRACANTH, ACHARYA, YARPHA, CHAYA, CRAPY, ACANTH, CATAPAN, CHARTA, PANARY, TRYPAN, ACHAR, CHARA and 40 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: PANCHAYAT, ACANTHA, PARATHA, PACY, CHANA, NYAH, CATH, TAYRA, TRYNA, PRANA, TACAN, NAPA and 1 more.
This word takes every letter of PYRACANTHA plus a single extra one.