359 words come out when you unscramble CRIMINALISTS, starting with CRIMINALISTS itself: 16 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CRIMINALIST leads with 15 points. 12 letters: 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from CRIMINALISTS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 10 with 9, 28 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 10 letters.
There is a single one of the 11-letter words in CRIMINALISTS: CRIMINALIST, 15 points.
Of the 28 8-letter words you get when you unscramble CRIMINALISTS, 10 score 12 points, the group's best. CRIMINAL and INITIALS are the ones most people know.
16 of 60 7-letter words from CRIMINALISTS tie at 11 points; none scores more. SIMILAR, INITIAL and MARTINI will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CRIMINALISTS, 14 score 10 points, the group's best. CLAIMS, LIMITS and CRISIS are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from CRIMINALISTS; 18 of them share the top score of 9. CLASS, CLAIM and LIMIT are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in CRIMINALISTS, the top score is 8, reached by 11. MAIL, MAIN and CART are the familiar ones.
CAM, MAC and MIC are the top 3-letter words made with CRIMINALISTS letters, 7 points each. CAN, ITS and CAR will look familiar.
This word has the length of CRIMINALISTS, with one letter different:
More 12-letter words: starting with CR · ending in TS · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ACTINISMS, ANIMISTIC, CRIMINALS and SCIMITARS (13 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CRIMINALISTS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRIMINALISTS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 359) | 295 | 359 | 268 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
64 of the 359 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ITACISMS, ARCMINS, CRIMINA, ISMATIC, ITACISM, SIMATIC, TRIALISMS, ARCMIN, CIMARS, SAIMIRIS, SAINTISM, SAMNITIS and 52 more. 27 of the 359 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CRIMINALISTS, CRIMINALIST, CRIMINIS, CRIMINI, MATRICS, MATRIC, SILASTIC, TRIASSIC, CAMIS, LIASSIC, SMRITIS, AMRITS and 15 more.