191 words come out when you unscramble ELEGISTS, starting with ELEGISTS itself: 9 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. ELEGIST, ELEGITS and LEGISTS are the best of the shorter words, at 8 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ELEGISTS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 27 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 36 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Among 27 6-letter words in ELEGISTS, the top score is 7, reached by 13. ELITES, STILES and STEELS are the familiar ones.
21 of 49 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ELEGISTS tie at 6 points; none scores more. SITES, LISTS and STEEL will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from ELEGISTS, 22 score 5 points, the group's best. SITE, LIST and LESS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ELEGISTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with EL · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
What ELEGISTS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ELEGISTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELEGISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 191) | 148 | 191 | 135 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GEISTS, GILETS, EISELS, ESILES, GEIST, GEITS, GESSE, GILET, GLEIS, GLITS, SESELI, SLEEST and 31 more, 43 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GLISSE, GITES, GITE, LITES, SIGS, ESSE, ESTS, GIS, SIG, EST, GI, TES and 1 more, 13 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of ELEGISTS plus a single extra one.