118 words come out when you unscramble SILPHIUM, starting with SILPHIUM itself: 15 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. LUMPISH is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SILPHIUM split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 4 with 6, 24 with 5, 43 with 4, 31 with 3 and 13 with 2.
HUMP and UMPH share the top score of 11 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SILPHIUM. PLUS, SHIP and PUSH are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SILPHIUM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SI · ending in UM · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; LUMPISH (14 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts SILPHIUM, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SILPHIUM itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 118) | 94 | 118 | 88 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SILPHIUM, SUMPH, IMSHI, MIHIS, MULSH, SULPH, HUPS, MIHI, PILUM, PIUMS, PLIMS, PIUM and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: UMPHS, UMPH, HIMS, MIPS, SUMI and UMS, 6 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of SILPHIUM spell the words below.