182 words come out when you unscramble SYNTHESES, starting with SYNTHESES itself: 15 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SHYNESS and ETHYNES lead with 13 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
S1Y43N12T1H43E1S1E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SYNTHESES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 20 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 38 with 3 and 12 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 46 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SYNTHESES, the top score is 11, reached by 4. TEENS, SENSE and SHEET are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 4-letter words from SYNTHESES tie at 10 points; none scores more. THEN, TEEN and SEEN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SYNTHESES 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; ETHYNES and SHYNESS (13 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SYNTHESES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYNTHESES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 182) | 121 | 181 | 105 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHEETY, SYTHES, YSHENT, HYENS, SYTHE, HEYS, HYEN, HYES, NESHEST, SYNESES, HYE, SEYENS and 48 more, 60 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: YEESH, SESHES, EENSY, YEETS, SESH, SHEN, YEET, ESNES, SENES, SENTS, ESNE, ESSE and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: NESTY.
With one more tile, the letters of SYNTHESES spell the words below.