Unscramble PYRONINS to get 150 words. PYRONINS itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. PINYONS and PYRONIN are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
P34Y43R1O1N12I1N12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PYRONINS split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 12 with 6, 36 with 5, 42 with 4, 41 with 3 and 16 with 2.
12 of 36 5-letter words from PYRONINS tie at 10 points; none scores more. NOISY, IRONS and IRONY will look familiar.
Of the 42 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PYRONINS, 12 score 9 points, the group's best. IRON, SPIN and INNS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PYRONINS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PY · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PINYONS (12 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PYRONINS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PYRONINS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 150) | 117 | 149 | 104 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PYRONINS, PYRONIN, PROYNS, PIONY, PIOYS, PROYN, SNIPY, YORPS, PIOY, PORY, PRYS, YORP and 21 more, 33 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PYROS, PYRO, PORINS, INSPO, PORIN, RONINS, NONIS, POS, RONIN, NONI, PO and OI, 12 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: INROS.
With one more tile, the letters of PYRONINS spell the words below.