Unscramble HISTORICISTS and you have 253 words, HISTORICISTS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, HISTORICIST leads with 16 points. It has 12 letters, 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from HISTORICISTS split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 3 with 9, 7 with 8, 14 with 7, 46 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 10 letters.
There is a single one of the 11-letter words in HISTORICISTS: HISTORICIST, 16 points.
Of the 46 6-letter words in HISTORICISTS, 16 score 11 points, the group's best. SHIRTS, CRISIS and SHORTS are the ones most people know.
15 of 60 5-letter words made with HISTORICISTS letters tie at 10 points; none scores more. SHORT, COSTS and CROSS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble HISTORICISTS, the top score is 9, reached by 10. COST, HOST and HITS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of HISTORICISTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with HI · ending in TS · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 6 strongest answers mean; TRISTICHS (14 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
HISTORICISTS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HISTORICISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 253) | 177 | 253 | 155 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
76 of the 253 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: STRICTISH, CHORISIS, CHORISTS, CROSSISH, CHORIST, STICHOI, STICHOS, CHIRTS, CRITHS, HISTRIOS, RICHTS, SICHTS and 64 more. 22 of the 253 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TRICHOSIS, RHOTIC, SITCH, TITCH, ROSHIS, OCH, ROSHI, TORICS, CRITS, HOSS, SOHS, TSOTSIS and 10 more.