Unscramble SPHEROIDISES and you have 387 words, SPHEROIDISES itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is SPHEROIDISE, 17 points. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SPHEROIDISES split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 3 with 10, 18 with 9, 36 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
There is a single one of the 11-letter words made with SPHEROIDISES letters: SPHEROIDISE, 17 points.
SHORESIDES tops the 10-letter words in SPHEROIDISES at 14 points; next come PERIODISES and REDISPOSES on 13.
Of the 18 9-letter words you get when you unscramble SPHEROIDISES, 5 score 15 points, the group's best.
36 8-letter words from SPHEROIDISES; 4 of them share the top score of 14. EPISODES, ESPRESSO and DISPERSE are everyday picks.
PIEDISH and SPHERED share the top score of 13 among the 7-letter words from SPHEROIDISES. EPISODE, PERIODS and PRESSED are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 6-letter words in SPHEROIDISES tie at 12 points; none scores more. HORSES, HEROES and DISHES will look familiar.
EPHOD, HOPED and POHED share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words made with SPHEROIDISES letters. HORSE, SHIPS and SHOPS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SPHEROIDISES, the top score is 9, reached by 15. HERE, SHOP and HOPE are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words from SPHEROIDISES, 7 score 8 points, the group's best. PRO, DIE and HIP are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SPHEROIDISES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with SP · ending in ES · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SHIPSIDES, SPHEROIDS and SPIDERISH (15 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SPHEROIDISES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPHEROIDISES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 387) | 297 | 387 | 250 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPHEROIDISES, SPHEROIDISE, HESPERIDS, PIEDISHES, HESPERID, DISHORSES, PERIODISES, PIEDISH, POSERISH, SPOSHIER, DISHORSE, HEROISED and 78 more, 90 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PHORESIES, SHORESIDES, PHERESIS, ROSEHIPS, PISHERS, ROSEHIP, PISHER, RESHOED, DEHORS, DESHIS, DOSHES, HISSIER and 35 more, 47 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of SPHEROIDISES and one more.