Unscramble EXOTICISTS and you have 209 words, EXOTICISTS itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from EXOTICISTS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 6 with 8, 10 with 7, 28 with 6, 44 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 17 with 2.
EXOTIC and TOXICS share the top score of 15 among the 6-letter words from EXOTICISTS. CITIES, EXISTS and OCTETS are the ones most people know.
COXES and TOXIC are the top 5-letter words from EXOTICISTS, 14 points each. SITES, COSTS and TESTS will look familiar.
OXIC scores highest among the 4-letter words in EXOTICISTS at 13 points, ahead of EXIT and OXES on 11. SITE, TEXT and COST are the ones most people know.
COX tops the 3-letter words made with EXOTICISTS letters at 12 points; next come EXO and SEX on 10. ITS, SET and SIX will look familiar.
Keep every letter of EXOTICISTS but one, change that one, and you get:
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Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with COXITISES (18 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
EXOTICISTS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXOTICISTS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 209) | 162 | 209 | 141 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
47 of the 209 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COXIEST, OXIES, COTTISES, EXO, TEX, COTISES, COTTISE, OECISTS, CITESS, COSSIE, COSTES, COTISE and 35 more. 21 of the 209 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: EXOTICISTS, COXITISES, EXOTICIST, OXIC, TIX, OTITISES, ETICS, SOCES, ECOS, TECS, TSOTSI, ECO and 9 more.