Unscramble MOTIONIST to get 165 words. MOTIONIST itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, MOTIONS leads with 9 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from MOTIONIST by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 13 with 6, 34 with 5, 58 with 4, 40 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 34 5-letter words you get when you unscramble MOTIONIST, the top score is 7, reached by 21. TOONS, MOIST and MOTTO are the familiar ones.
Of the 58 4-letter words from MOTIONIST, 28 score 6 points, the group's best. MOST, SOON and MINI are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MOTIONIST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MO · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; MOTIONS (9 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
MOTIONIST is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOTIONIST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 165) | 123 | 165 | 114 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 42 of them: MOTIONIST, TIMIST, TIMONS, MINOS, MOITS, MOTIS, SMOOT, TIMON, TOITOIS, TOMOS, TOOMS, MINO and 30 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: SOMONI, STIM, STOTIN, MOI, SOM, ONOS, STOT, ONO and OI.
This word takes every letter of MOTIONIST plus a single extra one.