233 words come out when you unscramble PISTOLET, starting with PISTOLET itself: 10 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. PISTOLET has 2 anagrams here, PLOTTIES and POLITEST, scoring 10 like PISTOLET itself. 9 shorter words score 9, among them SPITTLE, TIPTOES and POTTIES. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from PISTOLET by length: 3 with 8 letters, 11 with 7, 23 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble PISTOLET, 46 score 7 points, the group's best. PILOT, SPLIT and SLOPE are the ones most people know.
50 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PISTOLET tie at 6 points; none scores more. LIST, POST and TIPS will look familiar.
Of the 55 3-letter words from PISTOLET, 22 score 5 points, the group's best. ITS, TOP and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of PISTOLET but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PI · ending in ET · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; PLOTTIES and POLITEST (10 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: PISTOLET is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PISTOLET itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 233) | 192 | 233 | 176 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 41 of them: PISTOLET, PLOTTIE, SPOTTIE, PETTIS, POSTIL, ELOPS, LIPES, LOIPE, OLPES, PIETS, POLTS, POTES and 29 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: PITOTS, POLIES, POSTIE, LIPOS, PITOT, LIPE, LIPO, LITEST, LITES, POS, PST, PO and 4 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of PISTOLET and one more.