252 words come out when you unscramble OPTIONALITY, starting with OPTIONALITY itself: 16 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. PONYTAIL is the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 11 letters, 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
O1P34T1I1O1N12A1L12I1T1Y43
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from OPTIONALITY split into 1 with 11 letters, 6 with 8, 12 with 7, 26 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2. None has 10 or 9 letters.
26 6-letter words from OPTIONALITY; 5 of them share the top score of 11. OPTION, POTATO and LOTION are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble OPTIONALITY, 15 score 10 points, the group's best. POINT, PLANT and PLAIN are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words made with OPTIONALITY letters, the top score is 9, reached by 15. ONLY, PLAN and PLAY are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble OPTIONALITY tie at 8 points; none scores more. NOT, ANY and TOP will look familiar.
Keep every letter of OPTIONALITY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with OP · ending in TY · all 11-letter words
What OPTIONALITY means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. OPTIONALITY is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPTIONALITY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 252) | 206 | 252 | 186 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
46 of the 252 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POLYNIA, POLONY, PIONY, PONTY, POYNT, TYPTO, PIOY, PYAT, PYOT, TOOLTIP, YOOP, AYONT and 34 more. 20 of the 252 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NOPALITO, LAYIN, ONLAY, PATOOT, TINPOT, TIYIN, OATY, PIANI, PITOT, PITTA, TIYN, TYIN and 8 more.