Unscramble MOTIONISTS and you have 202 words, MOTIONISTS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MOTIONISTS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 2 with 8, 11 with 7, 22 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 17 with 2.
MOTIONIST is the only one of the 9-letter words made with MOTIONISTS letters; it scores 11 points.
Of the 22 6-letter words from MOTIONISTS, 11 score 8 points, the group's best. MOTION and INSIST are the ones most people know.
Among 46 5-letter words in MOTIONISTS, the top score is 7, reached by 29. TOONS, MOIST and MOTTO are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with MOTIONISTS letters, 33 score 6 points, the group's best. MOST, SOON and MINI are the ones most people know.
42 3-letter words you get when you unscramble MOTIONISTS; 14 of them share the top score of 5. NOT, ITS and TOO are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of MOTIONISTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with MO · ending in TS · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; OMISSION and SIMONIST (10 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: MOTIONISTS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOTIONISTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 202) | 147 | 202 | 132 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 55 of them: MOTIONISTS, MOTIONIST, MONOSIS, TIMISTS, MOISTS, SMOOTS, TIMIST, TIMONS, MINOS, MOITS, MOTIS, SIMIS and 43 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: SOMONIS, SOMONI, STIMS, STOTINS, SOMS, STIM, STOTIN, TSOTSI, MOI, SOM, STOTS, ONOS and 3 more.