Unscramble SPHAIREES and you have 316 words, SPHAIREES itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. SPHAIREES has 2 anagrams here, APHERESIS and PHARISEES, scoring 14 like SPHAIREES itself. Among the shorter answers, 9 reach 13 points, PARISHES, PHARISEE and PERISHES among them. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SPHAIREES split into 3 with 9 letters, 10 with 8, 43 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Of the 43 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SPHAIREES, 22 score 12 points, the group's best. PHRASES, SPHERES and PRAISES are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words from SPHAIREES; 30 of them share the top score of 11. SHARES, PHRASE and PARISH are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from SPHAIREES, the top score is 10, reached by 19. SHARE, SHIPS and PHASE are the familiar ones.
14 of 60 4-letter words in SPHAIREES tie at 9 points; none scores more. HERE, SHIP and HAIR will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with SPHAIREES letters, 6 score 8 points, the group's best. ARE, HAS and AIR are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of SPHAIREES, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with SP · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with APHERESIS and PHARISEES (14 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SPHAIREES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPHAIREES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 316) | 242 | 316 | 226 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPHAIREES, SPHAERES, SPHAIREE, SPHEARES, HEAPIER, SERIPHS, SPHAERE, SPHAERS, SPHEARE, SPHEARS, ASHERIES, HEPARS and 62 more, 74 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PHERESIS, HEAPERS, PHASERS, PISHERS, HEAPER, PHASER, PISHER, HEPS, HIREES, HIREE, AHIS, SESH and 4 more, 16 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of SPHAIREES and one more.