Unscramble MOSAICIST to get 250 words. MOSAICIST itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 13 points: IOTACISMS. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MOSAICIST by length: 2 with 9 letters, 8 with 8, 24 with 7, 23 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 54 with 3 and 19 with 2.
21 of 24 7-letter words you get when you unscramble MOSAICIST tie at 11 points; none scores more. SOMATIC and MOSAICS will look familiar.
Of the 23 6-letter words from MOSAICIST, 12 score 10 points, the group's best. ATOMIC, MOSAIC and MASCOT are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words in MOSAICIST, the top score is 9, reached by 8. COSTS, COAST and COSTA are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with MOSAICIST letters, 11 score 8 points, the group's best. MOST, COST and MASS are the ones most people know.
54 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MOSAICIST; 4 of them share the top score of 7. ITS, ACT and SAT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of MOSAICIST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MO · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with IOTACISMS (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept MOSAICIST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOSAICIST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 250) | 193 | 250 | 172 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
57 of the 250 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACOSMIST, ITACISMS, MISTICOS, ISMATIC, ITACISM, MATICOS, MISTICO, SCAMTOS, SIMATIC, MATICO, SCAMTO, MICOS and 45 more. 21 of the 250 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: COMITIAS, COMSATS, SATCOMS, COMSAT, SATCOM, CAMIS, CAMOS, CAMI, CAMO, MICS, MIC, SOCAS and 9 more.
This word takes every letter of MOSAICIST plus a single extra one.