Words Containing PERISS

Q: What is the highest-scoring word containing PERISS?

PERISSODACTYLIC is worth 25 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are PERISSOSYLLABIC (24), PERISSODACTYLES (23), PERISSODACTYLS (22).

Q: What is the longest word containing PERISS?

PERISSODACTYLES has 15 letters.

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All Words Containing PERISS 8 words

How often does PERISS appear in words?

Our combined English word list has 8 words containing PERISS. Most are 15 letters long, they average 21.3 points and the best is PERISSODACTYLIC (25 points).

Total words: 8
Most common length: 15 letters; 3 words
Average Scrabble score: 21.3; out of 25 max
Longest word: PERISSODACTYLES; 15 letters
Most common ending: S; 37.5% of words

Most common last letters

s 37.5%
c 25%
e 12.5%

Top vowel pairs

ie12.5%

Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.

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Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.

Highest-scoring word containing PERISS

p ₃e ₁r ₁i ₁s ₁s ₁o ₁d ₂a ₁c ₃t ₁y ₄l ₁i ₁c ₃

P 3 + E 1 + R 1 + I 1 + S 1 + S 1 + O 1 + D 2 + A 1 + C 3 + T 1 + Y 4 + L 1 + I 1 + C 3 = 25 points

Double word: 50 pts
Triple word: 75 pts

Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).

perissodactylic

No dictionary definition on file. This is a valid game word that standard dictionaries rarely cover.

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