Unscramble PYROPHORUS and you have 179 words, PYROPHORUS itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of PYROPHORUS is on the page: PORPHYROUS, each 20 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PYROPHORUS by length: 2 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 43 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 9 letters.
PYROPHORUS and 1 anagram, PORPHYROUS, make up the 10-letter words in PYROPHORUS; each scores 20 points.
PYRRHOUS is the only one of the 8-letter words made with PYROPHORUS letters; it scores 16 points.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words from PYROPHORUS: PYROPUS, for 14 points.
HOPPY scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PYROPHORUS at 15 points, ahead of HYPOS and PUSHY on 13. HOURS, SORRY and HURRY are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from PYROPHORUS, HYPO, HYPS and SYPH tie for first at 12 points. SHOP, HOUR and POOR are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words in PYROPHORUS, HYP leads with 11 points, then HOY and RHY on 9. PRO, POP and UPS are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of PYROPHORUS for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with PY · ending in US · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SHOPPY (16 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PYROPHORUS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PYROPHORUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 179) | 130 | 179 | 109 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 49 of them: PORPHYROUS, PYROPHORUS, PYRRHOUS, PYROPUS, SHYPOO, HOPPUS, PSYOP, PURPY, POSHO, ROOPY, YOOPS, YORPS and 37 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: SHOPPY, POOPY, PYROS, OPPOS, PHOS, PYRO, OPPO, PHO, RYUS, YOUS, HOO, HOS and 9 more.
With one more tile, the letters of PYROPHORUS spell the words below.