Unscramble ORIENTALISTS to get 481 words. ORIENTALISTS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 12 points: RELATIONISTS. The best shorter words score 11: 4 of them, ORIENTALIST, ANTISTORIES and LITERATIONS included. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ORIENTALISTS split into 2 with 12 letters, 4 with 11, 19 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 36 with 2.
ORIENTALISTS and 1 anagram, RELATIONISTS, make up the 12-letter words in ORIENTALISTS; each scores 12 points.
Every one of the 4 11-letter words made with ORIENTALISTS letters scores 11.
The 10-letter words you get when you unscramble ORIENTALISTS come to 19, each scoring 10 points. ITERATIONS is the familiar one.
Every one of the 60 9-letter words from ORIENTALISTS scores 9. RELATIONS, RESISTANT and SOLITAIRE are everyday picks.
The 8-letter words you get when you unscramble ORIENTALISTS come to 60, each scoring 8 points. AIRLINES, ISOLATES and INERTIAL are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words from ORIENTALISTS scores 7. ARTISTS, AIRLINE and INSERTS are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words in ORIENTALISTS come to 60, each scoring 6 points. ARTIST, ALERTS and ALIENS are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words made with ORIENTALISTS letters scores 5. ALONE, ALERT and ASSET are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble ORIENTALISTS come to 60, each scoring 4 points. ALSO, EAST and ARTS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 3-letter words from ORIENTALISTS score 3 points. ARE, ITS and ART are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ORIENTALISTS but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 7 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ANTISTORIES (11 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ORIENTALISTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORIENTALISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 481) | 379 | 481 | 349 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 102 of them: RELATIONISTS, RELATIONIST, AORTITISES, ARISTOTLES, LEONTIASIS, ARISTOTLE, ARSONITES, INTROITAL, LATINISES, ORLISTATS, RATTINESS, RATTLINES and 90 more. Words With Friends* skips 30 of them: RESTATIONS, SERIATIONS, TOTALISERS, LIATRISES, LISTERIAS, NOTARISES, RESTATION, SATINIEST, SERIATION, SLANTIEST, TARTINESS, TENSORIAL and 18 more.
These 3 words take every letter of ORIENTALISTS plus a single extra one.