364 words come out when you unscramble ETYMOLOGISTS, starting with ETYMOLOGISTS itself: 18 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. ETYMOLOGIST is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ETYMOLOGISTS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 2 with 10, 7 with 9, 24 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
There is a single one of the 11-letter words in ETYMOLOGISTS: ETYMOLOGIST, 17 points.
The 10-letter words made with ETYMOLOGISTS letters come to 2, each scoring 16 points.
MISOLOGY scores highest among the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble ETYMOLOGISTS at 14 points, ahead of LYSOSOME and MISSTYLE on 13. ETIOLOGY is the one most people know.
The best of the 7-letter words made with ETYMOLOGISTS letters is YOGISMS, 13 points; MESSILY and MILSEYS on 12 follow. SMILEYS and STYLIST are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ETYMOLOGISTS are led by GLOOMY and YOGISM, 12 points each. SYSTEM, MOSTLY and STYLES are the familiar ones.
GOYIM scores highest among the 5-letter words from ETYMOLOGISTS at 11 points, ahead of LIMEY and LYMES on 10. STYLE, MESSY and MISTY are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words in ETYMOLOGISTS is GYMS, 10 points; ELMY and EMYS on 9 follow. ITEM, TOYS and GEMS are everyday picks.
GYM tops the 3-letter words made with ETYMOLOGISTS letters at 9 points; next come LYM and MOY on 8. GET, YES and GOT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ETYMOLOGISTS but one, change that one, and you get:
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ETYMOLOGISTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ETYMOLOGISTS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ETYMOLOGISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 364) | 247 | 361 | 223 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
117 of the 364 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MILSEYS, SMOYLES, TOYLSOM, TOYSOME, GOOLEYS, GOOSEYS, MILSEY, MOTEYS, MOYLES, SLOOMIEST, SLOOMY, SMOYLE and 105 more. 24 of the 364 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MYOLOGISTS, MYOLOGIST, ILEOSTOMY, YOGISMS, SMILEYS, YOGISM, MELTY, MOLYS, GOOLY, SLITTY, METOLS, TOOLSETS and 12 more. 3 of the 364 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: GOYIM, GOYS and GOY.