Unscramble SYMPTOSIS and you have 178 words, SYMPTOSIS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, STOMPY leads with 13 points. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SYMPTOSIS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 11 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in SYMPTOSIS: MISSTOPS, for 12 points.
Of the 40 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SYMPTOSIS, 4 score 12 points, the group's best. POSTS, SPOTS and STOPS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in SYMPTOSIS; 4 of them share the top score of 11. MOST, POST and TIPS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SYMPTOSIS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SY · ending in IS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with STOMPY (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SYMPTOSIS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYMPTOSIS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 178) | 141 | 178 | 127 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
37 of the 178 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SYMPTOSIS, MOPSY, MYOPS, TYMPS, TYMP, YMPT, IMPOTS, PIOYS, PYOTS, IMPOT, MOYS, PIOY and 25 more. 14 of the 178 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: STOMPY, YOMPS, YOMP, PISSY, MIPS, STIMS, SOMS, STIM, MOI, POS, PST, SOM and 2 more.
This word takes every letter of SYMPTOSIS plus a single extra one.