250 words come out when you unscramble POINTILLISM, starting with POINTILLISM itself: 15 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, MINIPILLS leads with 13 points. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from POINTILLISM by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 1 with 9, 7 with 8, 11 with 7, 28 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words in POINTILLISM: PILLIONIST, for 12 points.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words made with POINTILLISM letters: MINIPILLS, 13 points.
IMPOST and IMPOTS are the top 6-letter words in POINTILLISM, 10 points each. POINTS, LIMITS and PILOTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words made with POINTILLISM letters, 7 score 9 points, the group's best. POINT, LIMIT and PILOT are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble POINTILLISM, the top score is 8, reached by 9. MOST, POST and MINI are the familiar ones.
IMP, MOP and POM are the top 3-letter words from POINTILLISM, 7 points each. NOT, ITS and TOP will look familiar.
Trade one tile of POINTILLISM for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with PO · ending in SM · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with MINIPILLS (13 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
POINTILLISM works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POINTILLISM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 250) | 209 | 250 | 196 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
41 of the 250 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PILLIONIST, IMPOTS, IMPOT, LIONISM, NIMPS, PILOTIS, PLIMS, POITINS, TIMPS, ILLISION, PLIM, POITIN and 29 more. 13 of the 250 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MINIPILLS, MINIPILL, MIPS, INSPO, LIPOS, LIPO, LILOS, MOI, POS, PST, SOM, PO and 1 more.
These 2 words take every letter of POINTILLISM plus a single extra one.