Unscramble SPHEARS and you have 186 words, SPHEARS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. It has 6 anagrams, each with the same 12 points: PHASERS, PHRASES, SERAPHS, SHAPERS, SHERPAS and SPHAERS. 14 shorter words score 11, among them PHRASE, SHAPES and PHASES. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. SPHEARS as a single 7-tile play makes 62 in Scrabble, 12 plus the 50 bonus, and 47 in Words With Friends (12 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SPHEARS split into 7 with 7 letters, 26 with 6, 44 with 5, 54 with 4, 41 with 3 and 14 with 2.
14 of 26 6-letter words in SPHEARS tie at 11 points; none scores more. SHARES, PHRASE and SPEARS will look familiar.
44 5-letter words from SPHEARS; 12 of them share the top score of 10. PRESS, SHARE and PHASE are everyday picks.
Of the 54 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SPHEARS, 10 score 9 points, the group's best. PASS, HEAR and EARS are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of SPHEARS, with one letter different:
More 7-letter words: starting with SP · ending in RS · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PHASERS, PHRASES, SERAPHS, SHAPERS and SHERPAS (12 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts SPHEARS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPHEARS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 186) | 160 | 186 | 154 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 26 of them: SPHAERS, SPHEARS, HEPARS, PHARES, SPHAER, SPHEAR, HEPAR, HESPS, PHARE, SHAPS, HESP, PAHS and 14 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: PHASERS, PHASER, HEPS, SESH, AHS and SEPS.
Each word below uses all the letters of SPHEARS and one more.