Unscramble LEGITIMS and you have 172 words, LEGITIMS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LEGITIMS split into 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 14 with 6, 37 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 14 with 2.
GIMEL, GLIME and GLIMS share the top score of 8 among the 5-letter words from LEGITIMS. ITEMS, TIMES and MILES are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LEGITIMS tie at 7 points; none scores more. TIME, SITE and LIST will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of LEGITIMS, with one letter different:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; GIMLETS (10 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LEGITIMS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEGITIMS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 172) | 138 | 172 | 125 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LEGITIMS, LEGITIM, STIGME, MISTLE, SMILET, STIMIE, GILETS, GISM, GEIST, GEITS, GILET, GLEIS and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MEGS, GITES, MEG, STIM, GITE, LITES, MES, GIS, SIG, EST, GI, TES and 1 more, 13 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of LEGITIMS and one more.