Unscramble ATAVISMS and you have 127 words, ATAVISMS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ATAVISM leads with 12 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
A1T1A1V45I1S1M34S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ATAVISMS split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 4 with 6, 31 with 5, 41 with 4, 35 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words from ATAVISMS, MAVIS leads with 10 points, then AVAST and TAVAS on 8. VISTA and VISAS are the familiar ones.
The best of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ATAVISMS is VIMS, 9 points; AVAS and SAVS on 7 follow. MASS, MISS and VISA are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of ATAVISMS, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with AT · ending in MS · all 8-letter words
What ATAVISMS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ATAVISMS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATAVISMS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 127) | 91 | 127 | 86 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MATAIS, TAVAS, VITAS, ASSAM, AVAS, MATAI, MISSA, SAIMS, SAMAS, SAVS, SMITS, TAVA and 24 more, 36 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MASAS, STIMS, MASA, STIM and ATS, 5 in all.