Unscramble ETYMOLOGIST and you have 323 words, ETYMOLOGIST itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are MYOLOGIES, MYOLOGIST and SEMIOLOGY, 15 points each. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from ETYMOLOGIST by length: 1 with 11 letters, 5 with 9, 6 with 8, 42 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2. None has 10 letters.
42 7-letter words from ETYMOLOGIST; 6 of them share the top score of 12. TOILETS is an everyday pick.
GLOOMY and YOGISM share the top score of 12 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ETYMOLOGIST. MOSTLY, TIMELY and MOTELS are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words from ETYMOLOGIST, GOYIM leads with 11 points, then LIMEY and LYMES on 10. STYLE, MISTY and GLOOM are the familiar ones.
The best of the 4-letter words in ETYMOLOGIST is GYMS, 10 points; ELMY and EMYS on 9 follow. ITEM, TOYS and LIME are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words made with ETYMOLOGIST letters, GYM leads with 9 points, then LYM and MOY on 8. GET, YES and GOT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ETYMOLOGIST but one, change that one, and you get:
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ETYMOLOGIST first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ETYMOLOGIST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ETYMOLOGIST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 323) | 222 | 320 | 199 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TOYLSOM, TOYSOME, GOOLEYS, MILSEY, MOTEYS, MOYLES, SLOOMY, SMOYLE, EGOITY, GELOSY, GOOILY, GOOLEY and 89 more, 101 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MYOLOGIST, ILEOSTOMY, YOGISM, MELTY, MOLYS, GOOLY, SLITTY, GOOLIES, LOOGIES, METOLS, MEGS, TOOLSET and 11 more, 23 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: GOYIM, GOYS and GOY, 3 in all.
This word takes every letter of ETYMOLOGIST plus a single extra one.