Unscramble SPIRIFEROUS and you have 330 words, SPIRIFEROUS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are PURIFIERS, PROFUSERS and PROSIFIES, 14 points each. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1P34I1R1I1F4E1R1O1U12S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SPIRIFEROUS split into 1 with 11 letters, 4 with 9, 16 with 8, 45 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2. None has 10 letters.
The 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SPIRIFEROUS are led by PORIFER, PROFESS and PROFUSE, 12 points each. SERIOUS, SURFERS and FERROUS are the familiar ones.
Among the 6-letter words from SPIRIFEROUS, PREIFS and PRIEFS tie for first at 11 points. SPOUSE, SPIRES and PURSES are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SPIRIFEROUS, 5 score 10 points, the group's best. PRESS, PRIOR and FIRES are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from SPIRIFEROUS; 5 of them share the top score of 9. FOUR, FIRE and PURE are everyday picks.
FOP tops the 3-letter words in SPIRIFEROUS at 8 points; next come EFS and ERF on 6. PRO, UPS and PIE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SPIRIFEROUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with SP · ending in US · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PROSIFIES and PURIFIERS (14 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts SPIRIFEROUS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPIRIFEROUS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 330) | 243 | 329 | 230 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 86 of them: SPIRIFEROUS, PROFUSERS, PORIFERS, PROFUSER, PORIFER, FRISURES, PREIFS, PRIEFS, FOURSES, FRISURE, FROISES, PREIF and 74 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: PROSIFIES, FURRIES, SIRUPIER, ESPOIRS, PISSIER, ESPOIR, POSIER, FES, FE, POS, URP, PO and 1 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: FI.