184 words come out when you unscramble SYLLABLES, starting with SYLLABLES itself: 14 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is SYLLABLE, 13 points. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SYLLABLES split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 1 with 7, 16 with 6, 50 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 14 with 2.
SYLLABLE is the only one of the 8-letter words in SYLLABLES; it scores 13 points.
Just 1 of the 7-letter words made with SYLLABLES letters: BALLSES, for 9 points.
11 of 50 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SYLLABLES tie at 10 points; none scores more. SALES, LABEL and BALLS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SYLLABLES, 9 score 9 points, the group's best. SALE, LESS and SELL are the ones most people know.
These 3 words have the length of SYLLABLES, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with SY · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What SYLLABLES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SYLLABLES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYLLABLES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 184) | 148 | 184 | 138 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
36 of the 184 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ABSEYS, BAYLES, ABSEY, BAYES, BAYLE, BLAYS, BLEYS, BAYE, BLAY, BLEY, SLEYS, YALES and 24 more. 10 of the 184 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BYSSAL, BALLSES, EYASS, LASSY, BEALS, BAES, BEAL, YAS, BAE and BES.