Unscramble SYLPHIEST to get 254 words. SYLPHIEST itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. PHYLESIS is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from SYLPHIEST by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 9 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SYLPHIEST are led by PHYSES, PHYSIS and SYLPHS, 14 points each. STYLES, THESIS and SPLITS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words from SYLPHIEST, 6 score 13 points, the group's best. STYLE, TYPES and SHIPS are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words from SYLPHIEST are led by HYPE, HYPS and SYPH, 12 points each. HELP, TYPE and SHIP are the familiar ones.
HYP scores highest among the 3-letter words in SYLPHIEST at 11 points, ahead of HEY and HYE on 9. ITS, SET and YES are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SYLPHIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SY · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PHYLESIS (16 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SYLPHIEST is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYLPHIEST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 254) | 194 | 254 | 182 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 60 of them: SYLPHIEST, HYLISTS, THLIPSES, HYLIST, LYTHES, SLYISH, SYTHES, HYLES, LYTHE, SPLISH, SYTHE, HESPS and 48 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: HIPLY, THESPS, PISSY, THESP, HEPS, SHITES, YEPS, SHITE, SESH, PST, EST and TE.