Unscramble SYNAPTES to get 228 words. SYNAPTES itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1Y43N12A1P34T1E1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SYNAPTES split into 1 with 8 letters, 7 with 7, 21 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Among 60 5-letter words from SYNAPTES, the top score is 10, reached by 12. TYPES, PANTS and ESSAY are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SYNAPTES, 13 score 9 points, the group's best. TYPE, EASY and PAST are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 3-letter words in SYNAPTES tie at 8 points; none scores more. ANY, YES and SAY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SYNAPTES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SY · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SYNAPSE (12 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SYNAPTES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYNAPTES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 228) | 172 | 227 | 163 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
55 of the 228 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SYNAPTES, SYNAPTE, PYATS, PYETS, PYNES, STAYNES, SYPES, NYASES, PESANTS, PYAT, PYET, PYNE and 43 more. 9 of the 228 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PAYESS, PANTSES, YEPS, EYASS, YAS, PST, ATS, EST and TE. 1 of the 228 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: NESTY.
With one more tile, the letters of SYNAPTES spell the words below.