Unscramble POINTILLISTES and you have 425 words, POINTILLISTES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. POINTILLISTE and POINTILLISTS are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 13 letters split into 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
P34O1I1N12T1I1L12L12I1S1T1E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from POINTILLISTES by length: 1 with 13 letters, 2 with 12, 5 with 11, 8 with 10, 23 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
The 12-letter words made with POINTILLISTES letters come to 2, each scoring 14 points.
PILLIONISTS, POINTILLIST and SEPTILLIONS are the top 11-letter words in POINTILLISTES, 13 points each.
8 10-letter words you get when you unscramble POINTILLISTES; 7 of them share the top score of 12.
Among 23 9-letter words from POINTILLISTES, the top score is 11, reached by 15. PETITIONS and POINTLESS are the familiar ones.
35 of 60 8-letter words from POINTILLISTES tie at 10 points; none scores more. PETITION will look familiar.
All 60 of the 7-letter words in POINTILLISTES score 9 points. PISTONS, PISTOLS and EPSILON are the ones most people know.
The 6-letter words made with POINTILLISTES letters come to 60, each scoring 8 points. POINTS, PILOTS and PISTOL are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POINTILLISTES score 7 points. POINT, PILOT and POLLS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words from POINTILLISTES scores 6. POST, OPEN and PETS are everyday picks.
26 of 60 3-letter words in POINTILLISTES tie at 5 points; none scores more. NOT, ONE and ITS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of POINTILLISTES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with PO · ending in ES · all 13-letter words
Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with SEPTILLIONS (13 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: POINTILLISTES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POINTILLISTES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 425) | 313 | 423 | 286 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
111 of the 425 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POINTILLISTES, POINTILLISTE, PILLIONISTS, EPISTOLIST, PILLIONIST, POINTILLES, POLLINISES, PISTOLETS, POINTILLE, POLLINISE, SINOPITES, SPILOSITE and 99 more. 27 of the 425 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: POTTINESS, SPILITES, LEPTINS, PINLESS, POSIEST, POSTIES, SPILITE, INSPOS, LEPTIN, OTITISES, PITOTS, PLEONS and 15 more. 1 of the 425 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: PLOTTINESS. 1 of the 425 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: TONSILLITES.