290 words come out when you unscramble SPURRIEST, starting with SPURRIEST itself: 11 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. 7 shorter words score 10, among them SURPRISE, STIRRUPS and STRIPERS. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SPURRIEST split into 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 8, 33 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 16 with 2.
33 7-letter words made with SPURRIEST letters; 28 of them share the top score of 9. STRIPES, PRIESTS and PERSIST are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SPURRIEST, 52 score 8 points, the group's best. PRIEST, STRIPS and RESIST are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from SPURRIEST scores 7. PRESS, SUPER and STEPS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words from SPURRIEST, 44 score 6 points, the group's best. TIPS, STEP and REST are the ones most people know.
22 of 53 3-letter words in SPURRIEST tie at 5 points; none scores more. USE, ITS and SET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SPURRIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SP · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by PURSIEST, SPURRIES, SPURTERS, STIRRUPS, STRIPERS, SURPRISE and UPRISERS (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts SPURRIEST, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPURRIEST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 290) | 232 | 289 | 214 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SPURRIEST, PRISERS, PUIREST, SPRUITS, TRIPSES, UPRESTS, UPRISTS, PIERST, PIERTS, PRISER, PUIRER, PUSSER and 45 more, 57 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SPURTERS, PERITUS, PURTIER, SITREPS, SPURTER, SITREP, PTUI, RESITS, SEPS, URPS, PST, URP and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
Each word below uses all the letters of SPURRIEST and one more.