Unscramble BANTINGISM to get 280 words. BANTINGISM itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BANTINGISM by length: 1 with 10 letters, 8 with 8, 27 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 9 letters.
GAMBIST and GAMBITS share the top score of 12 among the 7-letter words made with BANTINGISM letters. TIMINGS is the one most people know.
The best of the 6-letter words from BANTINGISM is GAMBIT, 11 points; AMBITS and BINMAN on 10 follow. MINING, TIMING and GIANTS are everyday picks.
GAMBS scores highest among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BANTINGISM at 10 points, ahead of AMBIT and BIMAS on 9. GIANT, SIGMA and BASIN are the ones most people know.
GAMB tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble BANTINGISM at 9 points; next come BAMS and BIMA on 8. MAIN, MINI and BAGS will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words from BANTINGISM, BAM and MIB tie for first at 7 points. ITS, BIG and MAN are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of BANTINGISM for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with BA · ending in SM · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BIGAMIST (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
BANTINGISM 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANTINGISM itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 280) | 221 | 278 | 205 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BANTINGISM, IMBASING, GAMBIST, BAITINGS, BANTINGS, IAMBIST, BANTING, BITINGS, MAINING, NAMINGS, STIMING, TAMINGS and 47 more, 59 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BINMAN, SATINING, SANTIM, ATIGIS, BING, MANIS, TASING, ATIGI, MANI, SIGNA, STIM, AGS and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINTS and BINT, 2 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of BANTINGISM spell the words below.