Unscramble SPIREMES to get 229 words. SPIREMES itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. SPIREMES has 5 anagrams here, EMPRISES, IMPRESES, IMPRESSE, MESPRISE and PREMISES, scoring 12 like SPIREMES itself. 13 shorter words score 11, among them PREMISE, EMPIRES and IMPRESS. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SPIREMES by length: 6 with 8 letters, 19 with 7, 38 with 6, 59 with 5, 60 with 4, 36 with 3 and 11 with 2.
13 of 19 7-letter words made with SPIREMES letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. PREMISE, EMPIRES and IMPRESS will look familiar.
Of the 38 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SPIREMES, 11 score 10 points, the group's best. SERIES, EMPIRE and SPIRES are the ones most people know.
59 5-letter words from SPIREMES; 8 of them share the top score of 9. PRESS, SEEMS and PRIME are everyday picks.
7 of 60 4-letter words made with SPIREMES letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. MISS, SEEM and RISE will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SPIREMES, IMP leads with 7 points, then EME and EMS on 5. SEE, SIR and PEE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SPIREMES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SP · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
SPIREMES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SPIREMES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPIREMES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 229) | 178 | 229 | 171 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: IMPRESSE, MESPRISE, PERMIES, PERMIE, SEMPER, ESPIERS, MISERES, PREMS, PRESSIE, SPIMS, EPRISE, ESPIER and 39 more, 51 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MIPS, PERES, PERE, SEPS, MES, RESES and ESSE, 7 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of SPIREMES plus a single extra one.