197 words come out when you unscramble TELEPHEMES, starting with TELEPHEMES itself: 17 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. HELPMEETS and TELEPHEME are the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from TELEPHEMES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 2 with 8, 10 with 7, 20 with 6, 53 with 5, 60 with 4, 36 with 3 and 13 with 2.
TEMPEH tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble TELEPHEMES at 13 points; next come HELMET and PHEESE on 11. THEMES, TEMPLE and ESTEEM will look familiar.
HEMPS scores highest among the 5-letter words from TELEPHEMES at 12 points, ahead of HELMS and HELPS on 10. STEEL, SHEET and THEME are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words in TELEPHEMES is HEMP, 11 points; HELM and HELP on 9 follow. MEET, STEP and SEEM are everyday picks.
This word has the length of TELEPHEMES, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with TE · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; HELPMEETS (16 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
TELEPHEMES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TELEPHEMES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 197) | 143 | 197 | 133 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TELEPHEMES, TELEPHEME, PHEESE, SMEETH, STEMPEL, STEMPLE, LETHEES, PHESE, PLESH, TELESEME, EMPTS, HEPT and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SHEEPLE, THESP, HEPS, MEH, SEMEE, MES, PST, EST, TES and TE, 10 in all.