Unscramble JOURNALIST and you have 324 words, JOURNALIST itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. JOURNALS and JANITORS are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from JOURNALIST split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 8 with 8, 41 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 33 with 2.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with JOURNALIST letters: INSULATOR, 9 points.
Among 41 7-letter words you get when you unscramble JOURNALIST, the top score is 14, reached by 7. JOURNAL, JUNIORS and TROJANS are the familiar ones.
15 of 60 6-letter words from JOURNALIST tie at 13 points; none scores more. JUNIOR, RATIOS and SAILOR will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words in JOURNALIST, the top score is 12, reached by 24. JOINT, INTRO and AUTOS are the familiar ones.
22 of 60 4-letter words made with JOURNALIST letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. ALSO, JUST and LAST will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble JOURNALIST, 12 score 10 points, the group's best. NOT, ITS and ART are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of JOURNALIST, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with JO · ending in ST · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with JANITORS and JOURNALS (15 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. JOURNALIST is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOURNALIST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 324) | 240 | 323 | 222 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
84 of the 324 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TOLARJI, TROJANS, JARULS, JOTUNS, OUIJAS, TROJAN, JARUL, JOTUN, JOURS, OUIJA, ROJIS, JOLS and 72 more. 17 of the 324 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: JIAOS, AJIS, SOJU, AJI, SOLUNAR, TURIONS, INSULA, NAIRUS, LARNS, LARNT, AROS, LARN and 5 more. 1 of the 324 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: INROS.
This word takes every letter of JOURNALIST plus a single extra one.