Unscramble FORMALISTS and you have 317 words, FORMALISTS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. FORMALIST is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FORMALISTS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 10 with 8, 35 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
7 of 35 7-letter words you get when you unscramble FORMALISTS tie at 12 points; none scores more. FORMATS, FLORIST and SAILORS will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from FORMALISTS, 7 score 11 points, the group's best. FORMAT, ALMOST and FORMAL are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FORMALISTS, the top score is 10, reached by 11. FIRST, FORMS and FILMS are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 4-letter words from FORMALISTS tie at 9 points; none scores more. FORM, FILM and FAST will look familiar.
FAM scores highest among the 3-letter words in FORMALISTS at 8 points, ahead of AFT and ALF on 6. ART, AIR and MAR are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of FORMALISTS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with FO · ending in TS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by FLOTSAMS (13 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept FORMALISTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORMALISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 317) | 262 | 314 | 244 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
52 of the 317 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: FALSISM, FARMOST, FRAIMS, FAITORS, FIRLOTS, FLIMS, FRAIM, FAITOR, FIRLOT, FLIM, FRISTS, MATROSS and 40 more. 18 of the 317 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MILFS, FAMS, IFTARS, MILF, AFROS, AMRITS, FAM, FLIRS, IFTAR, AFRO, FLIR, SORTALS and 6 more. 3 of the 317 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS, ALF and FI.