Unscramble FRUGALIST to get 256 words. FRUGALIST itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from FRUGALIST by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 46 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in FRUGALIST: FISTULAR, for 11 points.
Among 46 6-letter words from FRUGALIST, the top score is 10, reached by 4. GUITAR, GRATIS and TRIALS are the familiar ones.
10 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FRUGALIST tie at 9 points; none scores more. FIRST, GIFTS and FRUIT will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble FRUGALIST, 10 score 8 points, the group's best. GIFT, FAST and FAIR are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words from FRUGALIST; 4 of them share the top score of 7. ITS, ART and AIR are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of FRUGALIST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FR · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with FIGURAL and FISTULAR (11 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts FRUGALIST, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRUGALIST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 256) | 193 | 253 | 178 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 60 of them: FRUGALIST, GLIFTS, FURALS, GLIFT, FASTI, FAUTS, FRATI, FRAUS, FRIST, FRUST, FURAL, LAUFS and 48 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: FUTSAL, IFTARS, FLIRS, GIFS, IFTAR, FLIR, GIF, GULARS, AGLUS, AGLU, AGS, GIS and 3 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 FRUGALIST and one more.