Unscramble AVANTIST and you have 141 words, AVANTIST itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, ATAVIST and VANITAS lead with 10 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
A1V45A1N12T1I1S1T1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from AVANTIST split into 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 10 with 6, 28 with 5, 46 with 4, 40 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Of the 46 4-letter words you get when you unscramble AVANTIST, 16 score 7 points, the group's best. ANTI, VISA and VAST are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of AVANTIST, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with AV · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ATAVIST and VANITAS (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
AVANTIST is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVANTIST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 141) | 103 | 141 | 92 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: AVANTIST, AVANTI, SATNAV, TAVAS, VANTS, VINTS, VITAS, AVAS, TAVA, VANT, VIAS, VINT and 26 more, 38 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: VANITAS, NAVS, VINS, NAV, STATIN, VIN, TIANS, STAN, TIAN, ATS and SAN, 11 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of AVANTIST and one more.