Hidden inside limpsy sit limpsy and simply, six-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 13 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 38 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
limpsy and simply tie for the highest Scrabble score from limpsy at 13 points. The top 10 of 38 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 six-letter words hiding in limpsy: one comes from rearranging its letters, and limpsy itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. If a familiar word is all you need, start with simply. For points, the strongest plays are limpsy and simply — each worth 13 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 3 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in limpsy. Here the everyday answer and the top-scoring play are one and the same: imply, worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in limpsy produces 13 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with lips, slim, and slip. For points, the strongest plays are limy, pily, and yips — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling limpsy turns up 14 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with lip, sip, and spy. For points, the strongest plays are ply, spy, and yip — each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 6 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in limpsy. If a familiar word is all you need, start with is and my. For points, the strongest play is my — worth 7 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in limpsy and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
limpsy is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 2-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
limpsy is one of two six-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing limpsy unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are limpsy and simply, worth 13 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from limpsy earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in limpsy produce 38 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 six-letter words, 3 five-letter words, 13 four-letter words, 14 three-letter words and 6 two-letter words.