Unscramble POINTMAN and you have 173 words, POINTMAN itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 11, among them MAINTOP, PTOMAIN and TAMPION. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from POINTMAN by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 16 with 6, 28 with 5, 44 with 4, 57 with 3 and 22 with 2.
The 5-letter words from POINTMAN are led by IMPOT and PANIM, 9 points each. POINT, PAINT and PIANO are the familiar ones.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble POINTMAN, PIMA and TAMP tie for first at 8 points. MAIN, ANTI and PAIN are everyday picks.
Among 57 3-letter words from POINTMAN, the top score is 7, reached by 6. NOT, TOP and MAP are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of POINTMAN for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with PO · ending in AN · all 8-letter words
What POINTMAN means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept POINTMAN, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POINTMAN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 173) | 141 | 173 | 129 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 32 of them: MATIPO, MOPANI, TOPMAN, IMPOT, PANIM, MONTAN, PANTON, MANTO, PANNI, POTIN, TAMIN, TIMON and 20 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: PANINO, AMNIO, MANI, APO, MOI, OMA, OPA, NANO, NONI, PO, TIAN and OI.
These 3 words take every letter of POINTMAN plus a single extra one.