Unscramble SYNESTHETES and you have 233 words, SYNESTHETES itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. SYNESTHETE is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 11 letters split into 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
S1Y43N12E1S1T1H43E1T1E1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SYNESTHETES by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 1 with 9, 4 with 8, 17 with 7, 38 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 39 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words in SYNESTHETES: SYNESTHETE, for 16 points.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with SYNESTHETES letters: SYNTHESES, 15 points.
8 of 38 6-letter words in SYNESTHETES tie at 12 points; none scores more. SHEETS, SENSES and THESES will look familiar.
60 5-letter words made with SYNESTHETES letters; 5 of them share the top score of 11. TEENS, SENSE and SHEET are everyday picks.
5 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SYNESTHETES tie at 10 points; none scores more. THEN, SEEN and SENT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SYNESTHETES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with SY · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SHEENEYS (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SYNESTHETES is playable in Scrabble US. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYNESTHETES itself | Yes | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 233) | 164 | 228 | 144 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
68 of the 233 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHEETY, SYTHES, YSHENT, HYENS, SYTHE, HEYS, HYEN, HYES, NESHEST, STEYEST, SYNESES, HYE and 56 more. 18 of the 233 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: YEESH, SESHES, EENSY, YEETS, SESH, SHEN, YEET, STENTS, ESNES, SENES, SENTS, STENT and 6 more. 2 of the 233 answers are missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: SYNESTHETES and SYNESTHETE. 2 of the 233 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: SHEENEYS and SHEENEY. 1 of the 233 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: NESTY.