Unscramble SCARPINES and you have 311 words, SCARPINES itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 5 shorter words score 12, among them CRISPENS, INSCAPES and PINCASES. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from SCARPINES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 8, 43 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
18 of 43 7-letter words in SCARPINES tie at 11 points; none scores more. SAPIENS, PRINCES and ARSENIC will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from SCARPINES, 35 score 10 points, the group's best. PRICES, PRINCE and SPACES are the ones most people know.
33 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SCARPINES tie at 9 points; none scores more. PRICE, SPACE and CASES will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SCARPINES, 16 score 8 points, the group's best. CASE, CARE and CARS are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 3-letter words from SCARPINES tie at 7 points; none scores more. ARE, CAN and CAR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SCARPINES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SC · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CRISPENS, INSCAPES, PRINCESS and SCRAPIES (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SCARPINES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCARPINES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 311) | 266 | 309 | 257 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCARPINES, PINCASES, CASSPIR, EPACRIS, PANISCS, PINCASE, CERASINS, PANCES, PANISC, PICRAS, ASPINES, CERASIN and 33 more, 45 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PACIER, CAPRI, CASSINE, PERCS, PERC, SARNIES and CRIA, 7 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIPS and CRIP, 2 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of SCARPINES and one more.