Unscramble FINALISTS to get 209 words. FINALISTS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
F4I1N12A1L12I1S1T1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from FINALISTS split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 7 with 7, 16 with 6, 58 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 18 with 2.
19 of 58 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FINALISTS tie at 8 points; none scores more. FINAL, LISTS and SAINT will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from FINALISTS, 21 score 7 points, the group's best. LIST, LAST and FAST are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FINALISTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FI · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of FINALISTS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. FINALISTS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FINALISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 209) | 173 | 206 | 165 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 33 of them: FINLITS, FINLIT, FITNAS, SNIFTS, FAINS, FASTI, FITNA, SNIFT, FINI, SAFT, SIF, INTIL and 21 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: TAILFINS, TAILFIN, LASSI, STANS, TIANS, LIAS, ATS and SAN. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 3 of them: ALFS, ALF and FI.