Unscramble COMMUNISM and you have 148 words, COMMUNISM itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
C34O1M34M34U12N12I1S1M34
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from COMMUNISM split into 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 7, 17 with 6, 25 with 5, 36 with 4, 45 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 8 letters.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble COMMUNISM are led by COMM and MUMM, 10 points each. ICON, COIN and MOMS are the familiar ones.
MMM scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble COMMUNISM at 9 points, ahead of CUM and MIC on 7. SUN, SON and CON are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of COMMUNISM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CO · ending in SM · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CUMMINS (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
COMMUNISM 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMMUNISM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 148) | 122 | 148 | 103 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
26 of the 148 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MUSIMON, OMNIUMS, COSMIN, MUSMON, OMNIUM, COMUS, MICOS, NOMIC, COMS, MICO, ONIUMS, MINOS and 14 more. 19 of the 148 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: COMMIS, COMMS, UNICOMS, COMM, UNICOM, MMM, MONIC, CUMS, MICS, MIC, MUSO, SUMI and 7 more.
This word takes every letter of COMMUNISM plus a single extra one.