Unscramble SPARKES to get 160 words. SPARKES itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 7 letters, 2 vowels and 5 consonants. SPARKES as a single 7-tile play makes 63 in Scrabble, 13 plus the 50 bonus, and 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SPARKES split into 1 with 7 letters, 17 with 6, 45 with 5, 51 with 4, 36 with 3 and 10 with 2.
Among 45 5-letter words in SPARKES, the top score is 11, reached by 8. PRESS, SPEAK and PARKS are the familiar ones.
7 of 51 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SPARKES tie at 10 points; none scores more. PARK, PASS and PEAK will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SPARKES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with SP · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SPARKS and SPEAKS (12 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts SPARKES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPARKES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 160) | 131 | 160 | 128 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
29 of the 160 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPARKES, SPARKE, SPEKS, KESARS, SKEARS, SPEK, KESAR, KSARS, REAKS, SERKS, SKEAR, SKERS and 17 more. 3 of the 160 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PAKS, PAK and SEPS.
These 7 words take every letter of SPARKES plus a single extra one.