143 words come out when you unscramble JIHADISTS, starting with JIHADISTS itself: 20 in Scrabble, 21 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.
Counting the words from JIHADISTS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 2 with 7, 12 with 6, 25 with 5, 45 with 4, 38 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble JIHADISTS, HADJI and JIHAD tie for first at 16 points. STASH is an everyday pick.
HADJ tops the 4-letter words made with JIHADISTS letters at 15 points; next come HAJI on 14 and AJIS on 11. SAID, HITS and AIDS will look familiar.
HAJ scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble JIHADISTS at 13 points, ahead of AJI and JAI on 10. HAS, ITS and HAD are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of JIHADISTS for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with JI · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
JIHADISTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
JIHADISTS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| JIHADISTS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 143) | 108 | 143 | 95 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
35 of the 143 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: IJTIHADS, IJTIHAD, JASS, JAI, SIDHAS, JA, SAITHS, SHIAIS, SIDHA, HADS, SHIAI, TAISH and 23 more. 13 of the 143 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: JIHADISTS, JIHADIST, JIHADIS, JIHADI, AJIS, AJI, SIDH, AHIS, AHI, AHS, DAS, ATS and 1 more.