Unscramble ESTABLISHMENT and you have 478 words, ESTABLISHMENT itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The 13 letters split into 4 vowels and 9 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from ESTABLISHMENT by length: 1 with 13 letters, 1 with 12, 16 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 40 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Just 1 of the 12-letter words in ESTABLISHMENT: STABLISHMENT, for 19 points.
SHAMBLIEST tops the 10-letter words made with ESTABLISHMENT letters at 17 points; next come ANTHEMISES and BIATHLETES on 15. TIMETABLES will look familiar.
BASHMENTS and BLEMISHES share the top score of 16 among the 9-letter words you get when you unscramble ESTABLISHMENT. ESTIMATES, ESTABLISH and TIMETABLE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 8-letter words from ESTABLISHMENT, the top score is 15, reached by 6. BASEMENT, ASSEMBLE and ABSINTHE are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 7-letter words made with ESTABLISHMENT letters tie at 14 points; none scores more. BENEATH, AMBIENT and HELMETS will look familiar.
BIMAHS and HAMBLE share the top score of 13 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ESTABLISHMENT. THEMES, HELMET and HABITS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words from ESTABLISHMENT is BIMAH, 12 points; ALMEH and BAHTS on 10 follow. THEME, BLAME and SHAME are everyday picks.
28 of 60 4-letter words in ESTABLISHMENT tie at 9 points; none scores more. HEAT, BATH and MATH will look familiar.
60 3-letter words made with ESTABLISHMENT letters; 5 of them share the top score of 8. HAS, MAN and BIT are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of ESTABLISHMENT for another and you can spell this word:
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The 6 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BLEMISHES (16 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ESTABLISHMENT, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESTABLISHMENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 478) | 365 | 474 | 329 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 110 of them: SHAMBLIEST, BASHMENTS, ANTHEMISES, BASHMENT, EMBATHES, IMBATHES, BLASHIEST, EMBATHE, HAMBLES, IMBATHE, ANTHEMIS, BATEMENTS and 98 more. Words With Friends* skips 35 of them: BLITHENESS, THEMATISES, THEMATISE, HITTABLE, SHAMISEN, SHMATTES, ABLEISMS, BATSHIT, BLAHEST, MENSHES, SHMATTE, ABLEISM and 23 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 3 of them: SHEMALES, MISSALETTE and SHEMALE. Scrabble US skips 2 of them: HEBES and HEBE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: HEMI.
This word takes every letter of ESTABLISHMENT plus a single extra one.