Matching words
1,816
Total words shown for this page.
20-Point Words That Start and End with the Same Letter – Page 9
Browse words whose first and last letters match and whose classic letter-game score reaches 20 points or more.
Average score
22.8
Classic letter-game score across all matches.
Top scorer
SCUZZBUCKETS (40)
Highest single-word score in this result set.
When the outer slots are already fixed to the same letter, the search gets narrower fast. This page keeps the score-heavy options together, so you can stay inside that same-start-and-end shape without giving up on stronger board value.
Page 9 of 9. This section shows results 1,801-1,816 of 1,816.
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Results
Filtered to 20 points and up, then ranked by score first, with longer words breaking ties before alphabetical order.
| Word | Length | Score | Vowels | Unique | Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| shylocks | 8 | 20 | 1 | 7 | Yes |
| sphinxes | 8 | 20 | 2 | 7 | No |
| squashes | 8 | 20 | 3 | 6 | No |
| squishes | 8 | 20 | 3 | 6 | No |
| squushes | 8 | 20 | 3 | 5 | No |
| stylizes | 8 | 20 | 2 | 7 | Yes |
| willywaw | 8 | 20 | 2 | 5 | Yes |
| emblaze | 7 | 20 | 3 | 6 | No |
| fixatif | 7 | 20 | 3 | 5 | No |
| hawkish | 7 | 20 | 2 | 6 | No |
| maximum | 7 | 20 | 3 | 5 | No |
| skyways | 7 | 20 | 1 | 5 | Yes |
| squeaks | 7 | 20 | 3 | 6 | No |
| yuppify | 7 | 20 | 2 | 5 | Yes |
| enzyme | 6 | 20 | 2 | 5 | Yes |
| xcix | 4 | 20 | 1 | 3 | No |
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