Unscramble SPIRE and you have 50 words, SPIRE itself among them: it scores 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. 8 anagrams of SPIRE are on the page, EPRIS, PERIS and PIERS included; each is 7 points. Among the shorter answers, 11 reach 6 points, RIPE, PIER and REPS among them. The 5 letters split into 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from SPIRE by length: 9 with 5 letters, 16 with 4, 18 with 3 and 7 with 2.
Keep every letter of SPIRE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with SP · ending in RE · all 5-letter words
What SPIRE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SPIRE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPIRE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 50) | 42 | 50 | 42 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EPRIS, PIRS, PISE, RISP, SPIE, PIR, PRE and SEIR, 8 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of SPIRE plus a single extra one.