Unscramble FLAUTISTS to get 208 words. FLAUTISTS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. FISTULAS, FLAUTIST and FLUTISTS are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
F4L12A1U12T1I1S1T1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from FLAUTISTS split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 7 with 7, 17 with 6, 59 with 5, 60 with 4, 44 with 3 and 17 with 2.
21 of 59 5-letter words from FLAUTISTS tie at 8 points; none scores more. LISTS, FAULT and FAILS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from FLAUTISTS, 25 score 7 points, the group's best. LIST, LAST and FAST are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FLAUTISTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FL · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
FLAUTISTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FLAUTISTS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLAUTISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 208) | 162 | 205 | 150 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 43 of them: SITFAST, FLITTS, FASTI, FAUTS, FITTS, FLITT, FUSTS, LAUFS, TIFTS, AUFS, FAUT, FITT and 31 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: FUTSALS, FUTSAL, AUTISTS, AUTIST, TULSIS, LASSI, SALUT, TULSI, LATU, LIAS, ATS and SUS. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 3 of them: ALFS, ALF and FI.