Phonies with Anagrams

This page lists words that you can't play in Scrabble, but which have playable anagrams. '#' marks words that are only playable at SOWPODS (the international dictionary), '$' marks words that used to be playable only in OTCWL (the North American dictionary).

This document was obsoleted with the adoption of the OTCWL2 lexicon in 2006, and is retained only for historical reference. The current list is likely what you are looking for.

From Chris Lennon

• amounter* = routeman
• antivolt* = volitant
• batterer* = barrette berretta$
• bouters* = obtuser
• demoing* = mendigo$
• dennies* = indenes
• dormier* = remorid$
• faulters* = refutals
• flotates* = falsetto
• galeates* = etalages# stealage$
• gawsier# = earwigs
• goodest* = stooged
• languine* = ungenial
• mashier# = mishear
• neuterer* = returnee
• nonerect* = cretonne
• nongreat* = negatron
• nontruce* = nocturne
• notioned* = noontide
• outstain* = titanous
• overwean* = ovenware
• paroler* = peroral$ preoral#
• parters# = praters
• preload* = leopard paroled
• rationer* = anterior
• reclose# = creoles
• regalise* = gaselier
• regentle* = greenlet
• reposted# = dopester$ postered# reedstop#
• sealion* = anisole$
• seapost* = petasos$ sapotes$
• seedings# = dingeses# edginess sdeignes#
• semitrue* = emeritus
• sleever# = releves$
• soakiest* = stokesia$
• tasmania* = amanitas
• tenoured* = deuteron
• tindered* = dendrite
• toprated* = tetrapod
• unboiled* = unilobed
• untimed* = minuted munited# mutined
• uploader* = poularde$
• vetters* = trevets$
• voltager* = travelog
• warting* = ringtaw$

From Paul Terry

• carsale* = scalare$
• copouts* = octopus
• lunkier* = urnlike$
• moonies# = noisome
• northed# = thonder# thorned throned
• sweared* = drawees resawed$

From Jim Kramer

• denters* = sterned# tenders tendres#
• derival* = rivaled$ valider#
• handers# = hardens
• recoats* = coaster coaters
• roilers* = lorries
• shirted# = dithers
• slotter# = settlor tolters#
• soilers* = lorises lossier# rissole
• stagery# = grayest gyrates

From Rita Norr

• bonnies# = benison
• dormies* = misdoer moiders#
• dualise* = audiles deasiul#
• epeeing* = epigene
• foulers* = furoles# ourself
• gilters* = glister gristle
• goaders* = dogears$
• herited* = diether$
• misturn* = untrims
• reiners* = rerisen$ resiner#
• rerental* = relearnt$
• sodlike* = keloids
• staller* = stellar tellars#
• stinged# = nidgets steding#
• strobed* = debtors
• tonguers* = sturgeon

From Onwords #83, submitted by Graeme Thomas

• airwool* = woorali
• goonery* = orogeny
• mooneel* = oenomel
• oatlike$ = keitloa
• outfags* = fugatos
• pairage* = igarape#

From John Chew

• antimen* = mannite
• acetoned* catenode* = anecdote
• arbited* = redbait$ tribade
• bendier# = inbreed
• betones* = boneset
• baudies* = subidea$
• cantoes* = costean# octanes
• cinnate* = ancient
• delater* = alerted altered redealt# related treadle
• dioicies* = idiocies
• eleusis* = ileuses
• emeritas* = emirates reamiest# steamier
• eruction* = neurotic unerotic$
• florate* = floater floreat# refloat
• funerial* = fraulein
• manored* = madrone roadmen#
• mediater* = diameter remediat#
• melodian* = melanoid$
• midrate* = readmit
• naturel* renault* = neutral
• opalites* = spoliate
• outlied# = toluide$
• outsend* = deutons# snouted
• oversail# = valorise varioles volaries#
• parodise* = diaspore parodies
• regnate* = grantee greaten negater$ reagent
• renailer* = nearlier$
• reseting* ingester* = gentries integers reesting steering streigne#
• replane* = repanel$
• retaming* = emigrant remating$
• salutant* = talaunts# tantalus
• sestinae* = etesians$
• slanter* = antlers rentals saltern sternal
• snouter* = tenours tonsure
• tangoes* = onstage$
• tollfree* = foretell
• timeshare* = hetaerism#
• towable# = teabowl$
• tsukemono* = musketoon#

From Craig Rowland

• nonfire* = inferno
• potroast* = taproots
• rehorsed* = redhorse$

From Mike Wolfberg

• aidings* = siganid$
• alamoing* = magnolia
• altoing* = antilog
• amazeing* = magazine
• amherst* = hamster
• amieing* = imagine
• amother* = teraohm$
• amouring* = origanum
• analing* = anginal
• antalike* = antileak$
• antiamp* = timpana$
• arealing* = geranial$ regalian#
• aunting* = antigun$
• auraing* = guarani
• aviater* = variate
• azoning* = zingano$
• backlike* = kickable
• bashlike* = bleakish$
• basslike* = kissable
• bawding* = windbag
• beadling* dingable* = blindage
• beamings# = embasing# misbegan$
• beansoup* = subpoena
• beering* = bigener# rebegin$
• beeting# = beignet
• bingoes* = biogens
• bloatier* = laborite$
• boltings# = biltongs
• brocked# = bedrock
• cauling* = cingula glucina#
• clamlike* = millcake$
• coalaing* = analogic
• coarsing* = organics$
• codaing* = gonadic
• consing* = consign
• copable* = placebo
• corflike* = firelock flockier$
• cosieing* = isogenic$
• costable* = obstacle
• craylike* = creakily
• creeing# = energic# generic
• curlable* = brucella$
• cycloing* = glyconic
• denoter* renoted* retoned* = erodent
• desoling* = glenoids# sidelong
• dewslike* = silkweed
• dockable* = blockade
• dopings# = pongids
• dowsable* = dowsabel$
• dramaing* = mridanga
• dugsable* = slugabed$
• durings* surding* = ungirds
• elegying* = gingeley$
• eliting* teiling* = lignite
• encoils* = cineols conseil# inclose
• esposito* = isotopes
• fagable* = fleabag$
• fallable* = flabella
• faneable* = fleabane$
• fieldgun* = ingulfed
• filthing* = inflight$
• flakeing* = fanglike$
• fooders* = fordoes
• formica* = aciform
• formlike* = foremilk$
• fortier* = rotifer
• funders# = refunds
• galaing* = ganglia
• gallable* = glabella
• geleeing* = negligee
• giration* = rigatoni
• gleeing# = neglige
• gnawlike* = weakling
• goating* = gigaton$
• gorings# = gringos
• gripeful* = fireplug$
• gristing* = ringgits
• haafing* = afghani$
• hahaings* = shanghai
• heatings# = gahnites
• heering* = rehinge$
• herlable* = beerhall# harebell
• hesting* = nighest
• hetting* = tighten
• hindlegs# = shingled
• hitlers* = slither
• holings# = longish
• homings# shmoing* = gnomish moshing#
• hoopiest* = isophote$
• hopiest* = ethiops# ophites
• horaling* = longhair$
• hoyslike* = yokelish
• idealing* = gliadine
• idlenot* = lentoid
• incoils* = silicon
• internet# = renitent
• intoable* = tailbone$
• introing* = ignitron
• iodiding* = indigoid$
• italies* = laities
• izaring* = zingari$
• jawings# = jigsawn$
• joukable* = kabeljou
• khafable* = halfbeak$
• koalaing* = kaoliang
• lambside* = semibald$
• latkeing* = gnatlike$
• lavaing* = avaling# vaginal
• laylike* = leakily$
• lealing* = gallein$ nigella#
• lemuring* = reluming
• leyable* = eyeball
• limnlike* = limekiln
• lintable* = libelant
• lionels# = niellos
• loadlike* = keloidal
• loganing* = ganglion
• loomlike* = kilomole$
• looning# = glonoin
• lordable* = beadroll$
• loutable* = lobulate
• mackable* = clambake
• maltable* = meatball
• mawning* = wingman$
• mayoring* = agrimony
• meleeing* = liegemen
• michaely* = lechayim$
• milkable* = balmlike$ lamblike$
• mastable* = blastema lambaste
• mealing# = geminal$ leaming#
• moatings* = antismog$
• monslike* = moleskin
• moonful* = mouflon
• moonside* = dominoes monodies
• mosting* = gnomist
• moteling* = longtime$
• mousable* = albumose$
• mullable* = labellum
• musthing* = gunsmith
• naahing* = anhinga$
• naziing* = zingani$
• nomening* = mignonne
• nontrue* = neutron
• nopaling* = pangolin
• noshlike* = sinkhole
• orcaing* = organic
• oreable* = earlobe
• oreading* = organdie
• ornating* = ignorant
• ouseling* = ligneous
• oustable* = absolute
• outbams* = subatom
• outbang* = gunboat
• outbarm* = tambour
• outbens* = subtone$
• outbirr* = burrito
• outbled* = boulted# doublet
• outblin* = botulin$
• outburg* = burgout$
• outcaps* = upcoast
• outcars* = surcoat turacos
• outcase* = acetous
• outcelt* = culotte$
• outdarn* = rotunda
• outdiss* = studios
• outdown* = nutwood
• outdues* = duteous
• outfair* = faitour
• outfeet* = fouette
• outfill* = toilful
• outflab* = boatful$
• outgens* = tongues
• outgerm* = gourmet
• outhynes* = youthens$
• outinns* = nonsuit
• outinti* = tuition
• outlate* = toluate
• outlues* = luteous
• outmain* = manitou tinamou
• outmalt* = mulatto
• outmarl* = tumoral$
• outmash* = mahouts
• outmips* = utopism
• outmirs* = tourism
• outname# = automen$ notaeum#
• outnarc* = courant
• outness# = tonuses
• outnest* = stouten tenutos
• outnigh* = houting# thouing
• outpain* = opuntia utopian
• outpeel* = eelpout
• outpies* = piteous
• outpods* = upstood
• outprim* = protium
• outrags* = ragouts
• outreal* = torulae
• outrems* = mouters# oestrum
• outrins* = nitrous turions#
• outrise* = ouriest# stourie$ touries# tousier#
• outrisk* = turkois$
• outrums* = tumours
• outrust* = surtout
• outscan* = conatus noctuas# toucans
• outseep* = toupees
• outsexed* = tuxedoes
• outslide* = solitude toluides$
• outsori* = riotous
• outstag* = tautogs
• outstir* = tourist
• outtips* = utopist
• outtyre* = tutoyer$
• outveal* = ovulate
• outvims* = vomitus
• overairs* = savorier$
• overanus* = ravenous
• overbent* = verboten
• overbind* = ovenbird$
• overcage* = coverage
• overcart* = cavorter$
• overcite* = orective$
• overcod* = codrove$ vocoder
• overconk* = convoker$
• overconn* = convenor
• overcony* = conveyor
• overcup* = coverup$
• overdean* = endeavor
• overdebt* = obverted
• overdims* = misdrove$
• overding* = dovering# ringdove$
• overfuse* = feverous
• overgait* = ravigote$
• overhew* = however whoever
• overice* = revoice$
• overicy* = viceroy
• overinn* = environ
• overism* = verismo
• overkine* = reinvoke$
• overfag* = forgave
• overgay* = voyager
• overgley* = levogyre$
• overhack* = havocker$
• overink* = invoker$
• overlack* = laverock
• overlag* = vorlage$
• overlied* = evildoer$ overidle$
• overloaf* = foveolar$
• overlute* = revolute truelove$
• overmod* = vroomed
• overnun* = unroven$
• overpad* = vapored
• overrips* = previsor$
• overqua* = vaquero
• overrest* = evertors restrove$
• oversaur* = savourer$
• oversext* = vortexes
• oversis* = viroses
• oversuch* = vouchers
• oversun* = nervous
• overtins* = investor
• overtrue* = overture trouvere
• overwane* = ovenware
• overyell* = volleyer
• overyuga* = voyageur
• oxiding* = digoxin$
• oyesing* = isogeny
• palermo* = pleroma# rampole$
• pantoing* = poignant
• parsings# = pingrass$ raspings#
• pashaing* = paganish
• pastaing* = paganist$
• pawling* = lapwing
• peatying* = egyptian$
• pepsing* = pigpens
• pianoes* = epinaos$ senopia$
• pieceing* = epigenic$
• pineable* = plebeian
• ployings* = posingly spongily
• pourings# = ingroups
• proaing* = pignora$
• psilike* = pliskie
• pucking* = kingcup
• puntoing* = gunpoint
• ragable* = algebra
• rayings* = signary# syringa
• realtor# = relator
• recooing* = orogenic
• redoable* = leeboard$
• reeming* = meering# regimen
• remined* = ermined
• restlike* = triskele
• retieing* = reignite$
• rivings* = virgins
• roamings# = organism
• roarable* = arboreal
• rotelike* = lorikeet
• rotinis* = ironist
• saablike* = kielbasa$
• samiting* = giantism
• samoaing* = angiomas
• sanslike* = sealskin
• sauling* = linguas# nilgaus saluing#
• scarable* = berascal$
• scopable* = placebos
• screeing* = creesing# generics
• scrylike* = sickerly
• sealmilk* = selamlik$
• seamings* = gaminess
• seering* = greisen
• semening* = meninges
• senoring* = negronis$
• setlike* = kelties# sleekit
• shojiing* = jingoish
• shoyuing* = youngish
• sickable* = scablike$
• sigiling* = gingilis
• blaines* sinable* = lesbian
• sodaing* = ganoids
• sourable* = rubeolas
• sousable* = sabulose
• skylike* = kylikes$
• snaplike* = skiplane$
• snowpea* = weapons
• soblike* = obelisk
• sortings# storings* = ringtoss$
• sperming* = impregns
• spinnet# = pinnets# tenpins
• spitable* = epiblast
• stoling* = lingots# tiglons tolings#
• suesable* = sublease
• synlike* = skyline
• taching* = gnathic
• tellings# = gillnets$ stelling#
• renoting* retoning* tenoring* = nitrogen
• thetaing* = gnathite
• thuding* = hindgut$ undight#
• thylike* = lekythi$
• tildeing* = diligent
• timable* = bimetal$ limbate timbale
• tobylike* = kilobyte
• tofuable* = outfable$
• tokeable* = keelboat
• toutable* = outbleat$
• toyoable* = tabooley$
• unlands* = sunland$
• uredoing* = gueridon
• varylike* = valkyrie$
• vigaing* = gingiva$
• wadslike* = sidewalk
• warylike* = walkyrie$
• weldings# = swingled
• westyork* = skywrote$
• wormings* = misgrown$
• worning* = ingrown
• yechlike* = cheekily
• yuleing* = guyline$
• zetaing* = teazing# tzigane$

From John Dafoe

• sidebet* = betides
• yackers# = screaky

From Steve Goldberg

• anothing* = gnathion$
• cathing* = gnathic
• ouncier* = coenuri nourice#
• outcaur* = turacou$
• outfams* = sfumato
• peaping* = genipap

From Joe Mallick

• cardgame* = decagram
• alumnas* = manuals
• outrisks* = kurtosis

From Kristen Chew

• accoster* = ectosarc

From Gary Sagara

• unassist* = sustains

From Scott Pianowski

• energys* = gyrenes$
• misboard* = ambroids
• misheld* = dishelm
• pivoter# = overtip$
• timezone = monetize zonetime$
• uncourse = coenurus cernuous

From Sal Desiato

• fraggle* = flagger$
• lunates* = eluants unlaste#
• recried* = decrier
• renotes* retones* = estrone$
• toonies* = isotone
• undealt# = lunated
• untiled# = diluent

From Dylan Early

• melba* = amble blame
• sideburn* = burnside#
• teabag* = atabeg#

From Steven Gruzd

• railage* = lairage# regalia

From Charles Evans

• beesting* = beignets

From Jeff Myers

• kluged* = kludge

From Stewart Holden

• unfarmed* = unframed

From Pete Finley

• ribbone* = nobbier
• toebone* = botonee$

From Pete Finley

• arsebone* = seaborne

From Jim Blackler

• legbone* = englobe

From Nick Deller

• nosebone* = nonobese$

From Edward Martin

• bonebag* = bogbean

From Allan Simmons

• gutbone* = unbegot#
• ragbone* = begroan$
• titbone* = bottine#

From Edward Martin

• airsock* = arkosic$
• cardfile* = fricadel#
• carthorse* = orchestra
• catflap* = flatcap$
• hasbeen* = banshee beenahs# shebean$
• nosecone* = conenose$
• payphone* = hypopnea$
• rockstar* = tarrocks#
• rootbeer* = boortree#
• torylike* = kryolite$

From Olga Visser

• headbone* = bonehead

From Craig, a/k/a "Joey (the budgie)"

• fishface* = affiches

From Trevor Sealy

• relanded* = enlarded#

From David Sutton

• aweful* = waeful
• bondees* = debones$
• boreals* = labrose#
• chalkers* = hacklers shackler$
• filarose* = foresail
• fluider* = direful
• lidering* = gridelin#
• mitties* = mitiest
• pottied* = tiptoed
• resaves* = assever#
• retending* = tendering
• rewarned* = wanderer
• shooted* = soothed
• slidy* = idyls
• slitty* = stilty#
• stuggle* = guglets$
• tribing* = ringbit#
• undearly* = underlay
• ungreek* = gerenuk
• waldo* = woald$
• whomper* = morphew#

From George Gruner

• dogbite* = bigoted
• inkflow* = wolfkin#
• koranist* = skiatron#
• claypot* = polyact#
• opalise* = leipoas#
• swimday* = midways
• ungated* = gaunted#

From David N a/k/a "ensor42"

• boeing* = biogen
• england* = endlang#

From Karl Khoshnaw

• unproud* = roundup$

From Brett Smitheram

• asswipe* = waspies#
• tryshag* = gytrash#

From Tristan Mayer

• rotored* = redroot

From Sam Kantimathi

• feminazi* = infamize#

From John Gove

• baudy* = dauby
• galoon* = lagoon
• leanto* = etalon tolane$
• outless* = lotuses solutes tousles
• peary* = apery payer repay
• pitless* = stipels tipless$
• sadhi* = dashi$ sidha#
• slinged* = dingles eldings# engilds singled
• smilier* = milreis slimier
• smiliest* = elitisms slimiest
• smily* = slimy
• sonlier* = nerolis
• staker* = skater strake streak takers tasker#
• staker* = skater strake streak takers tasker#
• strad* = darts drats$ strad# trads#
• strid* = dirts

From Steve Wolf

• cartesian* = ascertain craniates$ sectarian

From Chris Lau

• blog* = glob
• blogged* = boggled
• blogger* = boggler
• blogging* = boggling
• blogs* = globs
• lede* = dele leed#
• mushu* = humus
• nubbers* = snubber
• tagline* = atingle elating gelatin genital

Submitted by Paul Yandisha Kalumba

• heapers* = reshape sphaere# spheare#