Unscramble AVIARISTS to get 169 words. AVIARISTS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. AVIARIST is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 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 AVIARISTS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 19 with 6, 46 with 5, 53 with 4, 36 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in AVIARISTS: AVIARIST, for 11 points.
11 of 46 5-letter words from AVIARISTS tie at 8 points; none scores more. VISIT, STARS and VISTA will look familiar.
Of the 53 4-letter words you get when you unscramble AVIARISTS, 15 score 7 points, the group's best. STAR, ARTS and VISA are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of AVIARISTS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with AV · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
AVIARISTS 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 AVIARISTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVIARISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 169) | 111 | 169 | 105 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 58 of them: TRAVIS, RIVAS, TAVAS, VITAS, AVAS, RAVS, RIVA, SAVS, TAVA, VIAS, AARTIS, ASSART and 46 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: VARIAS, RAITAS, RAITA, RAIS, ATS and RAI.