Unscramble WHIMPLES and you have 171 words, WHIMPLES itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, WHIMPLE leads with 17 points. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from WHIMPLES by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 8 with 6, 40 with 5, 60 with 4, 43 with 3 and 17 with 2.
4 of 40 5-letter words from WHIMPLES tie at 13 points; none scores more. WHILE, MILES and HELPS will look familiar.
PHEW, WHIM and WHIP share the top score of 12 among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble WHIMPLES. HELP, WISH and SHIP are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of WHIMPLES, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with WH · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; WHELMS, WHELPS and WIMPLES (14 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: WHIMPLES is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHIMPLES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 171) | 145 | 170 | 136 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WHIMPLES, WHIMPLE, HIEMS, MESPIL, PLESH, HESP, PLIMS, WEMS, LEISH, PLIM, SPIM, WEILS and 13 more, 25 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HEPS, HIMS, WELP, MEH, MIPS, SWILE, LIPE, EW and MES, 9 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI.