Unscramble SCYPHUS to get 47 words. SCYPHUS itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. The 7 letters split into 1 vowel and 6 consonants. Play all 7 tiles of SCYPHUS at once for 67 in Scrabble (17 + 50) or 53 in Words With Friends (18 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SCYPHUS split into 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 9 with 5, 17 with 4, 13 with 3 and 6 with 2.
There is a single one of the 6-letter words in SCYPHUS: PSYCHS, 16 points.
Keep every letter of SCYPHUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with SC · ending in US · all 7-letter words
What SCYPHUS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SCYPHUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCYPHUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 47) | 36 | 47 | 35 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 11 of them: CUSPY, CUSH, HUPS, PUYS, UPSY, PUH, PUY, CH, HUSS, YUS and YU. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: SUS.