Unscramble SKIMPIER and you have 166 words, SKIMPIER itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SKIMPIER by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 10 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 37 with 3 and 11 with 2.
KEMPS and SKIMP share the top score of 13 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SKIMPIER. PRIME, SPIKE and MIKES are the ones most people know.
KEMP tops the 4-letter words from SKIMPIER at 12 points; next come KEPI and KEPS on 10. RISK, MIKE and SKIP will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SKIMPIER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SK · ending in ER · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with KEMPS, SKIMP and SPIKIER (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SKIMPIER, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKIMPIER itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 166) | 132 | 165 | 127 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 33 of them: SKRIMP, KIPES, SMEIK, IMPIES, KIPE, SPEK, PREMS, REIKS, EIKS, ERKS, PIERIS, PREM and 21 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: REIKIS, REIKI, MIPS, KIS, KI and MES. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 1 of them: SPIK.