311 words come out when you unscramble COLUMNISTS, starting with COLUMNISTS itself: 14 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
C34O1L12U12M34N12I1S1T1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from COLUMNISTS split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 7 with 8, 36 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
Of the 36 7-letter words you get when you unscramble COLUMNISTS, 10 score 11 points, the group's best. COLUMNS, CONSULT and CUSTOMS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words from COLUMNISTS, the top score is 10, reached by 15. CUSTOM, COLUMN and COUNTS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words from COLUMNISTS, 13 score 9 points, the group's best. MUSIC, COSTS and COUNT are the ones most people know.
7 of 60 4-letter words in COLUMNISTS tie at 8 points; none scores more. MOST, COST and MISS will look familiar.
CUM, MIC and MOC share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words made with COLUMNISTS letters. NOT, ITS and LOT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of COLUMNISTS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with CO · ending in TS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by MISCOUNTS (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
COLUMNISTS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLUMNISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 311) | 249 | 311 | 229 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COSMINS, COSMIN, SCLIMS, COMUS, COUTILS, MICOS, NOMIC, SCLIM, ULICONS, UNCOLTS, CLINTS, COMS and 48 more, 60 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: UNICOMS, UNICOM, LINCTUS, MONIC, SUMOIST, CUMS, CUNITS, MICS, CLITS, CUNIT, LOCIS, MIC and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Scrabble US: CUNTS and CUNT, 2 in all.