Unscramble ESOTERICIST and you have 354 words, ESOTERICIST itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. EROTICISES, EROTICISTS and RECTITISES are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ESOTERICIST split into 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 10, 9 with 9, 25 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Every one of the 3 10-letter words made with ESOTERICIST letters scores 12.
25 8-letter words from ESOTERICIST; 15 of them share the top score of 10. ESOTERIC is an everyday pick.
Of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ESOTERICIST, 36 score 9 points, the group's best. STORIES, STREETS and SECRETS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ESOTERICIST scores 8. CITIES, SECTOR and SECRET are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from ESOTERICIST, the top score is 7, reached by 56. COSTS, CROSS and SCORE are the familiar ones.
46 of 60 4-letter words in ESOTERICIST tie at 6 points; none scores more. COST, CORE and RICE will look familiar.
Among 58 3-letter words made with ESOTERICIST letters, the top score is 5, reached by 17. SEE, ITS and SET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ESOTERICIST but one, change that one, and you get:
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ESOTERICIST first, then short meanings for the 6 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: ESOTERICIST is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESOTERICIST itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 354) | 262 | 353 | 233 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
91 of the 354 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RECTITISES, CROSSETTE, SECTORISE, SERICITES, CORSITES, COTTISES, EROTETIC, RECTITIS, SERICITE, TIERCETS, CISSIER, CORSITE and 79 more. 29 of the 354 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ESOTERICIST, EROTICISES, EROTICISE, ISOSTERIC, SESTERTII, OTITISES, RECITS, TETROSES, TORICS, CERTS, CRITS, ETICS and 17 more. 1 of the 354 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
This word takes every letter of ESOTERICIST plus a single extra one.