288 words come out when you unscramble FORMALIST, starting with FORMALIST itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 6 reach 12 points, FORMATS, FLOTSAM and FORMALS among them. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from FORMALIST by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 20 with 7, 57 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with FORMALIST letters: MORALIST, for 10 points.
Of the 20 7-letter words in FORMALIST, 6 score 12 points, the group's best. FORMATS, FLORIST and MORTALS are the ones most people know.
Among 57 6-letter words you get when you unscramble FORMALIST, the top score is 11, reached by 6. FORMAT, ALMOST and FORMAL are the familiar ones.
11 of 60 5-letter words from FORMALIST tie at 10 points; none scores more. FIRST, FORMS and FILMS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with FORMALIST letters, 10 score 9 points, the group's best. FORM, FILM and FAST are the ones most people know.
FAM tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble FORMALIST at 8 points; next come AFT and ALF on 6. ART, AIR and MAR will look familiar.
Trade one tile of FORMALIST for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with FO · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ALIFORM, FLOTSAM, FORMALS, FORMATS and MAFTIRS (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FORMALIST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORMALIST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 288) | 238 | 285 | 218 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 47 of them: FARMOST, FRAIMS, FAITORS, FIRLOTS, FLIMS, FRAIM, FAITOR, FIRLOT, FLIM, ARMILS, FASTI, FLORS and 35 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: MILFS, FAMS, IFTARS, MILF, AFROS, AMRITS, FAM, FLIRS, IFTAR, AFRO, AMRIT, FLIR and 8 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 3 of them: ALFS, ALF and FI.
Each word below uses all the letters of FORMALIST and one more.