186 words come out when you unscramble PYRITES, starting with PYRITES itself: 12 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: STRIPEY. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. PYRITES as a single 7-tile play makes 62 in Scrabble, 12 plus the 50 bonus, and 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PYRITES by length: 2 with 7 letters, 13 with 6, 53 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 13 with 2.
13 of 53 5-letter words from PYRITES tie at 10 points; none scores more. TYPES, STRIP and TRIPS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PYRITES, the top score is 9, reached by 15. TYPE, TIPS and STEP are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of PYRITES, with one letter different:
More 7-letter words: starting with PY · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
PYRITES 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 PYRITES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PYRITES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 186) | 142 | 185 | 133 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TRIPEY, PRYSE, PYETS, SPYRE, TRIPY, TRYPS, PRYS, PYET, RYPE, SYPE, TRYP, PIERST and 31 more, 43 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: STRIPEY, YEPS, SITREP, YER, PST, RESIT, EST, TES and TE, 9 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
Each word below uses all the letters of PYRITES and one more.