Unscramble ASSASSINS to get 44 words. ASSASSINS itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 10 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
A1S1S1A1S1S1I1N12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ASSASSINS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 6, 4 with 5, 12 with 4, 15 with 3 and 8 with 2. None has 7 letters.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words made with ASSASSINS letters: ASSASSIN, 8 points.
Keep every letter of ASSASSINS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AS · ending in NS · all 9-letter words
ASSASSINS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ASSASSINS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASSASSINS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 44) | 33 | 44 | 32 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 11 of them: SANSAS, SANSA, AIAS, ISNA, SAIS, SISS, AIA, ANS, NAS, NIS and SAI. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: SAN.