Unscramble FALLIBILISTS and you have 205 words, FALLIBILISTS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. FALLIBILIST is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. 12 letters: 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from FALLIBILISTS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 16 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 10 or 9 letters.
Just 1 of the 11-letter words made with FALLIBILISTS letters: FALLIBILIST, for 16 points.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in FALLIBILISTS: TIBIALIS, 10 points.
Among the 5-letter words made with FALLIBILISTS letters, BAFTS and FLABS tie for first at 10 points. BASIS, LISTS and FALLS are everyday picks.
4 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FALLIBILISTS tie at 9 points; none scores more. LAST, BILL and FAST will look familiar.
FAB and FIB share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words from FALLIBILISTS. ALL, ITS and BIT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FALLIBILISTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with FA · ending in TS · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FLABS and TIBIALIS (10 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FALLIBILISTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FALLIBILISTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 205) | 170 | 202 | 162 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
32 of the 205 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FALLIBILISTS, FALLIBILIST, BAFTS, BAFT, BAILLIS, ABSITS, BAILLI, BASTIS, FASTI, FILII, STILBS, ABSIT and 20 more. 8 of the 205 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TIBIALIS, FABS, BALTIS, FAB, BALTI, LASSI, LIAS and ATS. 3 of the 205 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS, ALF and FI.