Unscramble FORMALISMS to get 260 words. FORMALISMS itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 20 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from FORMALISMS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 5 with 8, 13 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
The best of the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble FORMALISMS is MISFORM, 14 points; ALIFORM and FALSISM on 12 follow. SAILORS and IMMORAL are everyday picks.
Among the 6-letter words from FORMALISMS, FLAMMS leads with 13 points, then FORAMS and FORMAL on 11. FOSSIL, SAILOR and MORALS are the familiar ones.
FLAMM tops the 5-letter words in FORMALISMS at 12 points; next come FARMS and FILMS on 10. FORMS, FIRMS and FAILS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with FORMALISMS letters, 10 score 9 points, the group's best. MAIL, FORM and FILM are the ones most people know.
FAM tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble FORMALISMS at 8 points; next come MAM and MIM on 7. AIR, MAR and FAR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of FORMALISMS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with FO · ending in MS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by MISFORMS (15 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. FORMALISMS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORMALISMS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 260) | 206 | 257 | 189 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
51 of the 260 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FLAMMS, AMORISMS, FALSISM, FLAMM, AMORISM, FRAIMS, MALISMS, FLIMS, FRAIM, LIMMAS, MALISM, SMALMS and 39 more. 17 of the 260 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MILFS, FAMS, MILF, AFROS, FAM, FLIRS, MAMS, AFRO, FLIR, MAM, SOLARS, MOI and 5 more. 3 of the 260 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS, ALF and FI.
This word takes every letter of FORMALISMS plus a single extra one.