Unscramble BIOSCIENTISTS and you have 374 words, BIOSCIENTISTS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, BIOSCIENTIST leads with 16 points. 13 letters: 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from BIOSCIENTISTS split into 1 with 13 letters, 1 with 12, 3 with 10, 8 with 9, 38 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Just 1 of the 12-letter words in BIOSCIENTISTS: BIOSCIENTIST, for 16 points.
BISECTIONS tops the 10-letter words made with BIOSCIENTISTS letters at 14 points; next come SCIENTISTS and TONICITIES on 12.
BIOTITIC, BISCOTTI and BITCOINS are the top 8-letter words you get when you unscramble BIOSCIENTISTS, 12 points each. SECTIONS, CONSISTS and CONTESTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble BIOSCIENTISTS, 6 score 11 points, the group's best. SECTION, SESSION and CONTEST are the ones most people know.
8 of 60 6-letter words from BIOSCIENTISTS tie at 10 points; none scores more. NOTICE, CITIES and INSECT will look familiar.
The 5-letter words in BIOSCIENTISTS are led by BICES and BONCE, 9 points each. COSTS, COINS and ICONS are the familiar ones.
BICE and COBS are the top 4-letter words made with BIOSCIENTISTS letters, 8 points each. BEST, COST and ONCE will look familiar.
COB scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble BIOSCIENTISTS at 7 points, ahead of BEN and BES on 5. NOT, ONE and ITS are the ones most people know.
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with BISECTIONS (14 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. BIOSCIENTISTS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIOSCIENTISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 374) | 285 | 372 | 256 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
89 of the 374 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EBIONITIC, CENTOISTS, SINICISES, BOTTINES, CENTOIST, CISSIEST, COTTISES, EBONISTS, ICONISES, SINICISE, BESOINS, BISSONS and 77 more. 29 of the 374 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: BISCOTTI, BITCOINS, BITCOIN, BITTINESS, EBONICS, BITSIEST, BONCES, NIOBITES, BONCE, BOSSEST, BOTNETS, NICOISE and 17 more. 2 of the 374 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: BINTS and BINT.