Unscramble PALEONTOLOGIST and you have 474 words, PALEONTOLOGIST itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. PLANETOLOGIST is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. 14 letters: 6 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PALEONTOLOGIST split into 1 with 14 letters, 1 with 13, 2 with 11, 16 with 10, 53 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 41 with 2. None has 12 letters.
There is a single one of the 13-letter words in PALEONTOLOGIST: PLANETOLOGIST, 16 points.
The best of the 11-letter words made with PALEONTOLOGIST letters is SELLOTAPING, 14 points; POTENTILLAS on 13 follows.
Among 16 10-letter words you get when you unscramble PALEONTOLOGIST, the top score is 13, reached by 6. POTENTIALS and ONTOLOGIES are the familiar ones.
Of the 53 9-letter words from PALEONTOLOGIST, 15 score 12 points, the group's best. POTENTIAL, APOLOGIES and GESTATION are the ones most people know.
Among 60 8-letter words from PALEONTOLOGIST, the top score is 11, reached by 45. OPTIONAL, SPELLING and PLEASING are the familiar ones.
56 of 60 7-letter words in PALEONTOLOGIST tie at 10 points; none scores more. POSTING, POSTAGE and POLLING will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words made with PALEONTOLOGIST letters, 45 score 9 points, the group's best. GOSPEL, POSING and PIGEON are the ones most people know.
29 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PALEONTOLOGIST tie at 8 points; none scores more. PAGES, LOOPS and ASPEN will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from PALEONTOLOGIST, 17 score 7 points, the group's best. PAGE, OPEN and PAIN are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 3-letter words in PALEONTOLOGIST tie at 6 points; none scores more. TOP, AGE and AGO will look familiar.
These 2 words have the length of PALEONTOLOGIST, with one letter different:
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PALEONTOLOGIST first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. PALEONTOLOGIST 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALEONTOLOGIST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 474) | 369 | 474 | 313 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: OPTOLOGIES, OPTOLOGIST, LANGSPIEL, PLATTINGS, PLOTTINGS, POSTILLATE, GALOPINS, ISOGLOTTAL, LANGSPEL, LANGSPIL, LOOPINGS, PANTLEGS and 93 more, 105 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SELLOTAPING, GLOOPIEST, PALLETING, PELTATIONS, PINOTAGES, PLEATINGS, AGNOLOTTIS, APOSTILLE, NOPALITOS, OENOLOGIST, PANELLIST, PATOOTIES and 44 more, 56 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of PALEONTOLOGIST plus a single extra one.