Unscramble OPTIMISTS and you have 162 words, OPTIMISTS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. OPTIMIST is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
O1P34T1I1M34I1S1T1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from OPTIMISTS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 12 with 6, 34 with 5, 58 with 4, 36 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with OPTIMISTS letters: OPTIMIST, for 12 points.
Among 34 5-letter words from OPTIMISTS, the top score is 9, reached by 6. POSTS, SPOTS and STOPS are the familiar ones.
7 of 58 4-letter words made with OPTIMISTS letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. MOST, POST and TIPS will look familiar.
Trade one tile of OPTIMISTS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with OP · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
What OPTIMISTS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept OPTIMISTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPTIMISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 162) | 133 | 162 | 118 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: IMPOTS, IMPOT, SPIMS, TIMISTS, TIMPS, MOISTS, SPIM, TIMIST, MOITS, MOTIS, POTTS, SIMIS and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MIPS, PITOTS, PITOT, STIMS, SOMS, STIM, TSOTSI, MOI, POS, PST, SOM, STOTS and 3 more, 15 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of OPTIMISTS and one more.