Unscramble SAILPLANES and you have 316 words, SAILPLANES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SAILPLANE, PAILLASSE and PALLIASSE lead with 11 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from SAILPLANES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 12 with 8, 40 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Of the 40 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SAILPLANES, 30 score 9 points, the group's best. ILLNESS, SAPIENS and ALIASES are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words from SAILPLANES scores 8. PANELS, PLAINS and PLANES are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 5-letter words in SAILPLANES score 7 points. PLANS, PANEL and PLAIN are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words made with SAILPLANES letters scores 6. PLAN, PASS and PAIN are everyday picks.
24 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SAILPLANES tie at 5 points; none scores more. ALL, ASS and SPA will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SAILPLANES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SA · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PAINLESS, PALAISES, PLANLESS, SALPIANS, SPANIELS and SPLENIAL (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SAILPLANES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAILPLANES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 316) | 257 | 315 | 241 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
59 of the 316 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ILLAPSES, ASPINES, ILLAPSE, LAIPSES, PALASES, PALLIES, PASELAS, PLAASES, SPALLES, ASPINE, LAIPSE, NASSELLA and 47 more. 15 of the 316 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PAILLASSE, PINLESS, NAILLESS, PALSAS, LIPAS, NAPAS, PAANS, PALIS, PALSA, LIPA, LIPE, NAPA and 3 more. 1 of the 316 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: PALAISES.
This word takes every letter of SAILPLANES plus a single extra one.