Unscramble MICROSCOPIST and you have 322 words, MICROSCOPIST itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. 12 letters: 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from MICROSCOPIST split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 10, 6 with 9, 18 with 8, 38 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 11 letters.
ISOTROPISM is the only one of the 10-letter words in MICROSCOPIST; it scores 14 points.
Of the 38 7-letter words you get when you unscramble MICROSCOPIST, 4 score 13 points, the group's best. SCRIPTS, CRITICS and IMPORTS are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words made with MICROSCOPIST letters; 8 of them share the top score of 12. TOPICS, SCRIPT and COMICS are everyday picks.
5 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MICROSCOPIST tie at 11 points; none scores more. TOPIC, COSTS and CROSS will look familiar.
COMP scores highest among the 4-letter words from MICROSCOPIST at 10 points, ahead of COCO and COMS on 8. MOST, COST and PICS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words in MICROSCOPIST, the top score is 7, reached by 7. ITS, TOP and PRO are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of MICROSCOPIST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with MI · ending in ST · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; COSCRIPTS (15 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
MICROSCOPIST works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MICROSCOPIST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 322) | 259 | 320 | 235 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ISOTROPISM, COMPOTS, COMPOT, MISTICOS, MORISCOS, MOTORICS, PORISTIC, PROOTICS, MISTICO, MORISCO, PROOTIC, SCIROCS and 51 more, 63 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: IMPROS, CIRCS, COSMO, IMPRO, POMOS, SMRITIS, COPI, MICS, MIPS, POMO, CRITS, MIC and 10 more, 22 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CRIPS and CRIP, 2 in all.
This word takes every letter of MICROSCOPIST plus a single extra one.