Unscramble SAMPIRES to get 267 words. SAMPIRES itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. SAMPIRES has 2 anagrams here, IMPRESAS and MISPARSE, scoring 12 like SAMPIRES itself. The best shorter words score 11: 8 of them, IMPRESS, IMPASSE and IMPRESA included. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from SAMPIRES by length: 3 with 8 letters, 15 with 7, 51 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
11 of 51 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SAMPIRES tie at 10 points; none scores more. SPEARS, PRAISE and RAISES will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from SAMPIRES, 18 score 9 points, the group's best. PRESS, PRIME and PAIRS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SAMPIRES; 15 of them share the top score of 8. MAPS, PASS and MASS are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words from SAMPIRES, the top score is 7, reached by 4. ARE, MAP and AIR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SAMPIRES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SA · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with IMPRESAS and MISPARSE (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SAMPIRES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAMPIRES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 267) | 222 | 267 | 215 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
45 of the 267 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SAMPIRES, PESSIMA, SAMPIRE, APISMS, PREMIA, SAMPIS, APISM, PREMS, SAMPI, SARMIES, SPIMS, AMISES and 33 more. 7 of the 267 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SPAMS, MIPS, SAMIER, SPAM, MASES, MES and RAI.
Each word below uses all the letters of SAMPIRES and one more.