Unscramble AUSTRALIS and you have 254 words, AUSTRALIS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, AUSTRALS, TISSULAR and TRISULAS lead with 8 points. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from AUSTRALIS split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 13 with 7, 49 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 51 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Every one of the 49 6-letter words you get when you unscramble AUSTRALIS scores 6. TRIALS, TRAILS and STAIRS are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words from AUSTRALIS come to 60, each scoring 5 points. LISTS, ATLAS and ALIAS are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words from AUSTRALIS scores 4. LIST, LAST and ARTS are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words in AUSTRALIS come to 51, each scoring 3 points. ITS, ART and AIR are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of AUSTRALIS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AU · ending in IS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with AUSTRALS and TISSULAR (8 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts AUSTRALIS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUSTRALIS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 254) | 186 | 254 | 170 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 68 of them: AUSTRALIS, TRISULAS, TRISULA, TRISULS, AARTIS, ASSART, RUSSIA, SALTUS, SASTRA, SATAIS, SITULA, SLARTS and 56 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: ASURAS, LAARIS, RAITAS, SALATS, TULSIS, ASURA, LASSI, RAITA, SALAT, SALUT, LATU, LIAS and 4 more.