Unscramble GENTILISMS and you have 339 words, GENTILISMS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. GENTILISM and SMELTINGS are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from GENTILISMS split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 18 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
7 of 18 8-letter words made with GENTILISMS letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. LISTINGS will look familiar.
60 7-letter words from GENTILISMS; 19 of them share the top score of 10. LISTING, MISSING and SINGLES are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble GENTILISMS, the top score is 9, reached by 12. SINGLE, LIMITS and TIMING are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GENTILISMS, 7 score 8 points, the group's best. ITEMS, TIMES and MILES are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from GENTILISMS; 7 of them share the top score of 7. TIME, ITEM and MINI are everyday picks.
GEM, MEG and MIG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words in GENTILISMS. GET, ITS and SET are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of GENTILISMS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with GE · ending in MS · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 7 strongest answers mean; SMELTINGS (12 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
GENTILISMS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GENTILISMS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 339) | 264 | 339 | 240 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
75 of the 339 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GENTILISMS, GENTILISM, LEGITIMS, MELTINGS, MISTINGS, MISTLING, SMILINGS, LEGITIM, LIMINGS, SLINGIEST, STEMING, STIGMES and 63 more. 24 of the 339 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SMELTINGS, MILINGS, SMILIEST, MILING, SMILIES, SNIGLETS, SNIGLET, STINGES, GLISSE, MEGS, STIMS, STINGE and 12 more.