Unscramble SPECIMENS to get 218 words. SPECIMENS itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1P34E1C34I1M34E1N12S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SPECIMENS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 10 with 7, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 12 with 2.
SPECIMEN is the only one of the 8-letter words in SPECIMENS; it scores 14 points.
12 of 32 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SPECIMENS tie at 10 points; none scores more. PIECES, SCENES and SPICES will look familiar.
60 5-letter words from SPECIMENS; 13 of them share the top score of 9. SEEMS, SENSE and PIECE are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words made with SPECIMENS letters, the top score is 8, reached by 14. PICS, NICE and MISS are the familiar ones.
5 of 42 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SPECIMENS tie at 7 points; none scores more. SEE, MEN and ICE will look familiar.
Trade one tile of SPECIMENS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with SP · ending in NS · all 9-letter words
SPECIMENS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SPECIMENS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPECIMENS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 218) | 174 | 218 | 165 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
44 of the 218 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PICENES, PIECENS, CNEMIS, PENCES, PICENE, PIECEN, PIEMEN, INSEEMS, MISSEEN, NIMPS, SPIMS, INSEEM and 32 more. 9 of the 218 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EMICS, MICS, MIPS, MIC, SENSEI, SEPS, ESNES, MES and SENES.
This word takes every letter of SPECIMENS plus a single extra one.