Unscramble PAPALIST and you have 179 words, PAPALIST itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. APPALTI is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PAPALIST by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 9 with 6, 47 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Of the 47 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PAPALIST, 9 score 9 points, the group's best. SPLIT, ATLAS and ALIAS are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from PAPALIST; 7 of them share the top score of 8. LIST, LAST and PAST are everyday picks.
APP, PAP and PIP share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words from PAPALIST. ITS, SAT and SPA are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PAPALIST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PA · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
PAPALIST first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PAPALIST, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAPALIST itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 179) | 147 | 178 | 134 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: APPALTI, TAPPAS, PLAPS, TAPPA, PLAP, TALPAS, ALAPS, PAALS, PALAS, PLAAS, PLAST, SPALT and 19 more, 31 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PAPALIST, PIPAS, APPS, PIPA, APP, LIPAS, PALIS, PALSA, LIPA, PALI, PST, SALAT and 2 more, 14 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: PAPIST.
This word takes every letter of PAPALIST plus a single extra one.