Unscramble SPARSE and you have 99 words, SPARSE itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. It has 8 anagrams at 8 points each, among them ASPERS, PARSES and PASSER. 20 shorter words score 7, among them PRESS, SPARE and PARSE. The 6 letters split into 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SPARSE by length: 9 with 6 letters, 25 with 5, 30 with 4, 26 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Of the 25 5-letter words made with SPARSE letters, 20 score 7 points, the group's best. PRESS, SPARE and SEARS are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of SPARSE, with one letter different:
More 6-letter words: starting with SP · ending in SE · all 6-letter words
SPARSE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SPARSE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPARSE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 99) | 90 | 99 | 89 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
9 of the 99 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPAERS, SPAER, PRE, RASSE, SASER, SARS, EAS, SAR and EA. 1 of the 99 answers is missing from Words With Friends*: SEPS.
Each word below uses all the letters of SPARSE and one more.