Unscramble FACTIONIST and you have 278 words, FACTIONIST itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, FACTIONS and FICTIONS lead with 13 points. The 10 letters split into 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 FACTIONIST by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 8 with 8, 15 with 7, 49 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Among 49 6-letter words you get when you unscramble FACTIONIST, the top score is 11, reached by 8. ACTION, CASINO and STATIC are the familiar ones.
7 of 60 5-letter words from FACTIONIST tie at 10 points; none scores more. COAST, FACTS and COSTA will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in FACTIONIST, 8 score 9 points, the group's best. INFO, COST and FAST are the ones most people know.
The best of the 3-letter words made with FACTIONIST letters is CAF, 8 points; AFT and FAN on 6 follow. NOT, CAN and ITS are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of FACTIONIST, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with FA · ending in ST · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FACTIONS and FICTIONS (13 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts FACTIONIST, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FACTIONIST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 278) | 219 | 277 | 203 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FACTIONIST, FICAINS, ACTIONIST, FACTIS, FASCIO, FICAIN, CONFS, FASCI, FICOS, ASINICO, CONF, FITNAS and 46 more, 58 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FINCAS, FINCA, CAFS, FINITO, CAF, OSTINATI, ASCON, NATTOS, STATIN, STOTIN, TANTOS, TATSOI and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.
Each word below uses all the letters of FACTIONIST and one more.