68 words come out when you unscramble SIMILES, starting with SIMILES itself: 9 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. SIMILES has 3 anagrams here, MISLIES, MISSILE and SMILIES, scoring 9 like SIMILES itself. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 8 points, SMILES, SIMILE and MISLIE among them. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. SIMILES as a single 7-tile play makes 59 in Scrabble, 9 plus the 50 bonus, and 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SIMILES by length: 4 with 7 letters, 5 with 6, 13 with 5, 22 with 4, 16 with 3 and 8 with 2.
Keep every letter of SIMILES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with SI · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
The meaning of SIMILES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. SIMILES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIMILES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 68) | 61 | 68 | 59 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
7 of the 68 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SIMIS, SIMI, SEILS, SILES, SEIL, SIES and SILE. 2 of the 68 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SMILIES and MES.
These 12 words take every letter of SIMILES plus a single extra one.