Unscramble SAPHENOUS and you have 257 words, SAPHENOUS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SAPHENOUS split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 7 with 7, 37 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
12 of 37 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SAPHENOUS tie at 11 points; none scores more. SEASON, PHONES and HOUSES will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from SAPHENOUS, the top score is 10, reached by 21. PHONE, HOUSE and SHOES are the familiar ones.
24 of 60 4-letter words from SAPHENOUS tie at 9 points; none scores more. SHOP, HOPE and PUSH will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words in SAPHENOUS, the top score is 8, reached by 9. HAS, ASS and SPA are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SAPHENOUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SA · ending in US · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by UNHASPS (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SAPHENOUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAPHENOUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 257) | 197 | 257 | 176 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 60 of them: UNSHAPES, EUPHONS, SHAPENS, UNSHAPE, EUPHON, PHEONS, POSHES, HAPUS, HESPS, PHEON, POSAUNES, PUHAS and 48 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: UNHASPS, UNHASP, PHEOS, HEPS, PHEO, PHOS, PHO, HAOS, HOSS, SESH, SHEN, SOHS and 9 more.
This word takes every letter of SAPHENOUS plus a single extra one.