Unscramble BINARISM and you have 190 words, BINARISM itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: MINIBARS. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from BINARISM by length: 2 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 16 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Of the 44 5-letter words you get when you unscramble BINARISM, 11 score 9 points, the group's best. BRAIN, BASIN and MAINS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words in BINARISM, the top score is 8, reached by 7. MAIN, MINI and BARS are the familiar ones.
BAM and MIB are the top 3-letter words made with BINARISM letters, 7 points each. MAN, AIR and MAR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BINARISM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with BI · ending in SM · all 8-letter words
What BINARISM means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
BINARISM is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BINARISM itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 190) | 158 | 190 | 143 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BISMAR, IMBARS, ABRIM, IMBAR, NIMBS, SIMBA, ABRINS, IMARIS, MINARS, NIMB, ABRIN, IMARI and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BINARISM, MINIBARS, MINBARS, MINIBAR, MINBAR, MIRINS, RAMINS, MANIS, MIRIN, RABIS, RAMIN, MANI and 3 more, 15 in all.
These 3 words take every letter of BINARISM plus a single extra one.