Unscramble SERPULA and you have 207 words, SERPULA itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: PERUSAL and PLEURAS. 11 shorter words score 8, among them PEARLS, PULSAR and PLEURA. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. SERPULA as a single 7-tile play makes 59 in Scrabble, 9 plus the 50 bonus, and 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SERPULA by length: 3 with 7 letters, 13 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 56 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Of the 60 5-letter words from SERPULA, 52 score 7 points, the group's best. SUPER, LASER and PULSE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SERPULA, the top score is 6, reached by 45. PLUS, PURE and EARS are the familiar ones.
Of the 56 3-letter words in SERPULA, 24 score 5 points, the group's best. ARE, USE and SEA are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of SERPULA, with one letter different:
More 7-letter words: starting with SE · ending in LA · all 7-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PERUSAL and PLEURAS (9 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts SERPULA, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERPULA itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 207) | 162 | 205 | 155 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
45 of the 207 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SERPULA, LEPRAS, LEPRA, LERPS, PAULS, PELAS, PLUES, PUERS, PURES, PUSLE, REPLA, SPAER and 33 more. 5 of the 207 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PELAUS, PELAU, PULAS, URPS and URP. 2 of the 207 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARPS and LARP.
These 12 words take every letter of SERPULA plus a single extra one.