154 words come out when you unscramble ESSAYISTS, starting with ESSAYISTS itself: 12 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. ESSAYIST is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ESSAYISTS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 4 with 7, 15 with 6, 30 with 5, 45 with 4, 40 with 3 and 17 with 2.
30 5-letter words from ESSAYISTS; 14 of them share the top score of 8. SITES, ASSET and SEATS are everyday picks.
Of the 45 4-letter words made with ESSAYISTS letters, 16 score 7 points, the group's best. SITE, EAST and EASY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ESSAYISTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with ES · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
ESSAYISTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ESSAYISTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESSAYISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 154) | 117 | 154 | 107 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
37 of the 154 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ASEITY, SEITY, STEYS, YATES, YESTS, YITES, SEYS, SYES, TAYS, YATE, YEST, YITE and 25 more. 10 of the 154 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EYASS, SISSES, YAS, TASES, ESTS, TASE, ATS, EST, TES and TE.