256 words come out when you unscramble OPTIMISES, starting with OPTIMISES itself: 13 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
O1P34T1I1M34I1S1E1S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from OPTIMISES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 20 with 7, 36 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 52 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Among 36 6-letter words you get when you unscramble OPTIMISES, the top score is 10, reached by 7. IMPOSE is the familiar one.
13 of 60 5-letter words from OPTIMISES tie at 9 points; none scores more. ITEMS, POSTS and POEMS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble OPTIMISES, 12 score 8 points, the group's best. MOST, POST and ITEM are the ones most people know.
The 3-letter words from OPTIMISES are led by IMP, MOP and POM, 7 points each. ITS, TOP and SET are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of OPTIMISES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OP · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
OPTIMISES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
OPTIMISES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPTIMISES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 256) | 211 | 256 | 194 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: STOMPIES, MOPSIES, STOMPIE, IMPIES, IMPOTS, EMPTS, IMPOT, SEPIOST, SPIMS, TIMPS, EMPT, MOISTS and 33 more, 45 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: POSIEST, POSTIES, MIPS, POSTIE, EMOS, SEPS, EMO, MES, MOI, POS, PST, SOM and 5 more, 17 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of OPTIMISES spell the words below.