428 words come out when you unscramble SEMAPHORING, starting with SEMAPHORING itself: 19 in Scrabble, 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, NEPHOGRAMS, PHORMINGES and SPHENOGRAM lead with 18 points. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SEMAPHORING by length: 1 with 11 letters, 4 with 10, 16 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 47 with 2.
NEPHOGRAMS, PHORMINGES and SPHENOGRAM are the top 10-letter words in SEMAPHORING, 18 points each.
16 9-letter words made with SEMAPHORING letters; 5 of them share the top score of 17. HARMONIES is an everyday pick.
Among 60 8-letter words from SEMAPHORING, the top score is 16, reached by 4. HEARINGS, ORGANISM and MORPHINE are the familiar ones.
The best of the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SEMAPHORING is GAMPISH, 15 points; HAMPERS and MORPHIA on 14 follow. SHAPING, HEPARIN and PHASING are everyday picks.
8 of 60 6-letter words made with SEMAPHORING letters tie at 13 points; none scores more. PARISH, HOPING and GRAPHS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SEMAPHORING, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. PHONE, HOMES and PHASE are the ones most people know.
HEMP tops the 4-letter words from SEMAPHORING at 11 points; next come PEGH on 10 and AHEM on 9. HOME, SHOP and HOPE will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words in SEMAPHORING, the top score is 8, reached by 16. HAS, MAP and HIP are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SEMAPHORING but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 6 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HAMPERING, MORPHINGS and PHARMINGS (17 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SEMAPHORING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEMAPHORING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 428) | 346 | 427 | 301 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 81 of them: PHORMINGES, SPHENOGRAM, PHENOGAMS, MAGESHIP, ORPHANISM, PHENOGAM, GAMPISH, MORPHEAN, PHRENISM, REHOMINGS, SOPHERIM, GEMSHORN and 69 more. Words With Friends* skips 45 of them: NEPHOGRAMS, MORPHINGS, NEPHOGRAM, PHARMINGS, MORPHING, PHARMING, SHMEARING, SIPHONAGE, ORPHISM, ANGISHORE, APHONIES, GRAMPIES and 33 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: HEMI.
Each word below uses all the letters of SEMAPHORING and one more.