224 words come out when you unscramble LITHOLOGIST, starting with LITHOLOGIST itself: 15 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is OILTIGHT, 12 points. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LITHOLOGIST split into 1 with 11 letters, 4 with 8, 7 with 7, 25 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 10 or 9 letters.
4 of 25 6-letter words from LITHOLOGIST tie at 10 points; none scores more. LIGHTS, SLIGHT and TIGHTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble LITHOLOGIST, 8 score 9 points, the group's best. STILL, LIGHT and HILLS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in LITHOLOGIST; 7 of them share the top score of 8. LIST, LOST and LOGO are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words made with LITHOLOGIST letters are led by GHI and HOG, 7 points each. ITS, TOO and HOT are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of LITHOLOGIST for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with LI · ending in ST · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by OILTIGHT (12 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts LITHOLOGIST, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LITHOLOGIST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 224) | 176 | 224 | 159 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LITHOLOGIST, GOSHT, ILLTHS, THIGS, HIOIS, ILLTH, LITHS, LOLIGOS, OLIGIST, THIG, THOLI, TOHOS and 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GOTHS, SHOGI, GOTH, HOLOS, HOLO, HOO, HOS, SHO, SOH, LILOS, GIS, GOS and 5 more, 17 in all.
This word takes every letter of LITHOLOGIST plus a single extra one.