Unscramble LUNARISTS and you have 288 words, LUNARISTS itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 8: 6 of them, INSULARS, LUNARIST and STUNSAIL included. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from LUNARISTS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 20 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
The 7-letter words in LUNARISTS come to 20, each scoring 7 points. STRAINS, SUSTAIN and RITUALS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble LUNARISTS score 6 points. TRIALS, TRAILS and STRAIN are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from LUNARISTS scores 5. LISTS, NAILS and RAILS are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words in LUNARISTS come to 60, each scoring 4 points. LIST, LAST and ARTS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 3-letter words made with LUNARISTS letters score 3 points. ITS, ART and AIR are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of LUNARISTS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with LU · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by INSULARS, STUNSAIL and TISSULAR (8 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts LUNARISTS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUNARISTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 288) | 217 | 288 | 199 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LUNARISTS, LUNARIST, TRISULAS, UNALISTS, TRISULA, TRISULS, UNALIST, ARNUTS, ASTUNS, INULAS, RUSSIA, SALTUS and 59 more, 71 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SUNSTAR, INSULA, NAIRUS, TULSIS, LARNS, LARNT, LASSI, NAIRU, LARN, LATU, LIAS, LUNS and 6 more, 18 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of LUNARISTS and one more.