Unscramble LINGUISTIC and you have 215 words, LINGUISTIC itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, LIGNITIC, SCUNGILI and SLUICING lead with 11 points. The 10 letters split into 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 LINGUISTIC split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 4 with 8, 10 with 7, 28 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with LINGUISTIC letters: UTILISING, for 10 points.
6 of 28 6-letter words from LINGUISTIC tie at 9 points; none scores more. CITING, INSULT and SITING will look familiar.
Of the 51 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LINGUISTIC, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. USING, UNITS and GUILT are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from LINGUISTIC, CIGS and SCUG tie for first at 7 points. LIST, SIGN and CUTS are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words in LINGUISTIC, CIG leads with 6 points, then CIS and CIT on 5. ITS, SUN and CUT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of LINGUISTIC but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by LIGNITIC, SCUNGILI and SLUICING (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LINGUISTIC, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINGUISTIC itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 215) | 168 | 213 | 153 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TICING, TIGLIC, CLINTS, INCUTS, SINGULT, STILING, CLINT, CUITS, INCUT, LITING, NISGUL, SCUG and 31 more, 43 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SCUNGILI, LINCTUS, CUNITS, CIGS, CLITS, CUNIT, CIG, CLIT, NUGS, TULSI, GIS, LUNS and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Scrabble US: CUNTS and CUNT, 2 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLIS and UGLI, 2 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of LINGUISTIC and one more.