142 words come out when you unscramble OPTIMISMS, starting with OPTIMISMS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
O1P34T1I1M34I1S1M34S1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from OPTIMISMS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 3 with 7, 8 with 6, 26 with 5, 50 with 4, 36 with 3 and 17 with 2.
OPTIMISM is the only one of the 8-letter words in OPTIMISMS; it scores 14 points.
Among 26 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OPTIMISMS, the top score is 9, reached by 7. POSTS, SPOTS and STOPS are the familiar ones.
Of the 50 4-letter words made with OPTIMISMS letters, 9 score 8 points, the group's best. MOST, POST and TIPS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of OPTIMISMS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with OP · ending in MS · all 9-letter words
What OPTIMISMS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
OPTIMISMS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPTIMISMS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 142) | 118 | 142 | 108 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
24 of the 142 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: IMMITS, IMPOTS, IMMIT, IMPOT, SPIMS, TIMPS, MOISTS, SPIM, MOITS, MOTIS, SIMIS, SMITS and 12 more. 10 of the 142 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MIPS, STIMS, SOMS, STIM, MOI, POS, PST, SOM, PO and OI.