Unscramble ALGORITHM and you have 236 words, ALGORITHM itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of ALGORITHM is on the page: LOGARITHM, each 15 points. Of the shorter words, HALIMOT leads with 12 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ALGORITHM by length: 2 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 23 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2. None has 8 letters.
4 of 23 6-letter words from ALGORITHM tie at 11 points; none scores more. TAILOR, MORTAL and MOHAIR will look familiar.
MIGHT and OGHAM share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ALGORITHM. RIGHT, LIGHT and MORAL are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from ALGORITHM, the top score is 9, reached by 8. MAIL, HAIR and ATOM are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words in ALGORITHM, 5 score 8 points, the group's best. HOT, GOT and LOG are the ones most people know.
These 4 words have the length of ALGORITHM, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with AL · ending in HM · all 9-letter words
ALGORITHM first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. ALGORITHM is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALGORITHM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 236) | 200 | 236 | 183 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HALIMOT, HOLMIA, GRAITH, HARIM, OMLAH, OMRAH, THAIM, AIGHT, MIHA, MOHR, THAGI, GATH and 24 more, 36 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GOLIATH, HOMA, ARGH, GOTH, HOM, THALI, AMRIT, GLAM, GORM, MARG, AHI, LAH and 5 more, 17 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of ALGORITHM and one more.