Unscramble FACSIMILISTS to get 281 words. FACSIMILISTS itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. FACSIMILIST is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. 12 letters: 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from FACSIMILISTS split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 2 with 10, 3 with 9, 16 with 8, 22 with 7, 41 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words made with FACSIMILISTS letters: FACSIMILIST, for 18 points.
FAMILISTIC scores highest among the 10-letter words in FACSIMILISTS at 17 points, ahead of FISCALISTS on 15.
FASCISM tops the 7-letter words from FACSIMILISTS at 14 points; next come FALSISM and FASCIST on 12. MILITIA, ITALICS and MISFITS will look familiar.
FILMIC and MAFICS share the top score of 13 among the 6-letter words in FACSIMILISTS. CLAIMS, ASSIST and FISCAL are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words made with FACSIMILISTS letters, MAFIC leads with 12 points, then CALFS and CALIF on 10. CLASS, CLAIM and LIMIT are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FACSIMILISTS tie at 9 points; none scores more. MAIL, FILM and FAST will look familiar.
CAF and FAM share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words from FACSIMILISTS. ITS, ACT and SAT are the ones most people know.
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by FAMILISTIC (17 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FACSIMILISTS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FACSIMILISTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 281) | 225 | 278 | 199 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
53 of the 281 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FACSIMILISTS, FACSIMILIST, FASCISMI, FALSISMS, FASCISTI, FISTICAL, MAFICS, FALSISM, ITACISMS, FACTIS, FASCIS, ISMATIC and 41 more. 26 of the 281 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FISCALISTS, FASCIITIS, FISCALIST, FAMILIST, FASCITIS, FILMIS, SILASTICS, FILMI, MILFS, SILASTIC, CAFS, CAMIS and 14 more. 3 of the 281 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS, ALF and FI.