Unscramble FOOTSALS to get 151 words. FOOTSALS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
F4O1O1T1S1A1L12S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from FOOTSALS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 9 with 6, 47 with 5, 52 with 4, 28 with 3 and 13 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in FOOTSALS: FOOTSAL, 10 points.
20 of 47 5-letter words from FOOTSALS tie at 8 points; none scores more. TOOLS, SLOTS and FLOAT will look familiar.
Of the 52 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FOOTSALS, 17 score 7 points, the group's best. ALSO, LAST and FAST are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of FOOTSALS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with FO · ending in LS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FATSOS, FLOATS, FLOTAS, LOOFAS and SOFTAS (9 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
FOOTSALS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOOTSALS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 151) | 131 | 149 | 121 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 18 of them: FOOTSALS, FOOTSAL, OOFS, SAFT, SALTOS, SLOOTS, ALOOS, ASSOT, LOAST, SALTO, SLOOT, SOOLS and 6 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: FOOS, FOO, OOF, LOTSA, SOLAS, TASSO, TOSAS, LOTO, TOSA and ATS. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: ALFS and ALF.