169 words come out when you unscramble SLIPRAILS, starting with SLIPRAILS itself: 11 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SLIPRAILS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 2 with 7, 10 with 6, 48 with 5, 60 with 4, 36 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Of the 48 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SLIPRAILS, 29 score 7 points, the group's best. PILLS, PAIRS and RAILS are the ones most people know.
35 of 60 4-letter words from SLIPRAILS tie at 6 points; none scores more. PASS, PAIR and RAIL will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SLIPRAILS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SL · ending in LS · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SPIRILLA (10 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts SLIPRAILS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLIPRAILS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 169) | 144 | 167 | 134 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 25 of them: SLIPRAILS, SLIPRAIL, PIRAIS, PRIALS, SPIALS, PIRAI, PIRLS, PRIAL, RISPS, SPIAL, ARILLI, PAIS and 13 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: LIPAS, PALIS, LIPA, PALI, LASSI, LIAS, RAIS and RAI. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: LARPS and LARP.
This word takes every letter of SLIPRAILS plus a single extra one.