Unscramble LINGUISTICS to get 256 words. LINGUISTICS itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. LINGUISTIC is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from LINGUISTICS split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 2 with 9, 11 with 8, 19 with 7, 40 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 14 with 2.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words made with LINGUISTICS letters: LINGUISTIC, 13 points.
Among 19 7-letter words from LINGUISTICS, the top score is 10, reached by 4. LISTING, ISSUING and INSULTS are the familiar ones.
40 6-letter words in LINGUISTICS; 6 of them share the top score of 9. CITING, INSIST and INSULT are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words made with LINGUISTICS letters, the top score is 8, reached by 5. USING, LISTS and SIGNS are the familiar ones.
CIGS and SCUG are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LINGUISTICS, 7 points each. LIST, SIGN and CUTS will look familiar.
The best of the 3-letter words from LINGUISTICS is CIG, 6 points; CIS and CIT on 5 follow. ITS, SUN and CUT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of LINGUISTICS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with LI · ending in CS · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with LIGNITIC, SCUNGILI and SLUICING (11 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LINGUISTICS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINGUISTICS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 256) | 194 | 254 | 176 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 58 of them: SLICINGS, CISSING, SCUSING, SINGULTS, TICING, TIGLIC, CLINTS, INCUTS, NISGULS, SCUGS, SINGULT, SINUITIS and 46 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: SCUNGILI, LINCTUS, CUNITS, CIGS, CLITS, CUNIT, SUSING, CIG, CLIT, TULSIS, NUGS, SIGS and 8 more. Scrabble US skips 2 of them: CUNTS and CUNT. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: UGLIS and UGLI.