Unscramble EKISTICIANS and you have 346 words, EKISTICIANS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, EKISTICIAN leads with 16 points. The 11 letters split into 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from EKISTICIANS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 3 with 9, 25 with 8, 55 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
EKISTICIAN is the only one of the 10-letter words made with EKISTICIANS letters; it scores 16 points.
11 of 25 8-letter words you get when you unscramble EKISTICIANS tie at 14 points; none scores more. KINETICS will look familiar.
Among 55 7-letter words from EKISTICIANS, the top score is 13, reached by 21. INSECTS, KINETIC and INTAKES are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 6-letter words from EKISTICIANS, 15 score 12 points, the group's best. CITIES, INTAKE and STICKS are the ones most people know.
14 of 60 5-letter words in EKISTICIANS tie at 11 points; none scores more. TAKEN, TAKES and STICK will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with EKISTICIANS letters, 9 score 10 points, the group's best. TAKE, SKIN and KITS are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble EKISTICIANS, ACK and ICK tie for first at 9 points. CAN, ITS and ACT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of EKISTICIANS but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; SNACKIEST and TACKINESS (15 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
EKISTICIANS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EKISTICIANS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 346) | 260 | 346 | 236 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 86 of them: EKISTICIANS, EKISTICIAN, ANTICKES, CASKIEST, CATSKINS, SNICKETS, ANTICKE, CATSKIN, NACKETS, SNICKET, TACKIES, TICKENS and 74 more. Words With Friends* skips 24 of them: SNACKIEST, AKINETIC, CAKINESS, STICKIES, STICKIE, ICKS, SAKTIS, ACK, CASSINE, KETAS, SAKTI, SIKAS and 12 more.
This word takes every letter of EKISTICIANS plus a single extra one.