233 words come out when you unscramble SYMPHILES, starting with SYMPHILES itself: 19 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 19 points: EMPHLYSIS. 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 SYMPHILES split into 2 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 9 with 7, 28 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 17 with 2.
LYMPHS scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SYMPHILES at 16 points, ahead of HYLISM and PHYSES on 14. SIMPLE, SIMPLY and SMILES are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words made with SYMPHILES letters, HEMPY and LYMPH tie for first at 15 points. MILES, SHIPS and HELPS are everyday picks.
HYPE, HYPS and SYPH are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SYMPHILES, 12 points each. HELP, SHIP and MESH will look familiar.
The best of the 3-letter words from SYMPHILES is HYP, 11 points; HEY and HYE on 9 follow. YES, HIP and SPY are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SYMPHILES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SY · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; LYMPHS and PHYLESIS (16 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SYMPHILES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYMPHILES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 233) | 179 | 232 | 169 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMPHLYSIS, SYMPHILES, SYMPHILE, HYLISMS, HYLISM, IMSHY, MILSEYS, SLYISH, YMPES, HYLES, MESPILS, MILSEY and 41 more, 53 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HIPLY, SMILEYS, PISSY, HEPS, HIMS, YEPS, MEH, MIPS, SESH and MES, 10 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.
Each word below uses all the letters of SYMPHILES and one more.