Unscramble POPULISTS and you have 231 words, POPULISTS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, POPULIST leads with 12 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from POPULISTS split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 6 with 7, 30 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 19 with 2.
5 of 30 6-letter words from POPULISTS tie at 10 points; none scores more. PUPILS, PILOTS and PISTOL will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble POPULISTS, 6 score 9 points, the group's best. POSTS, LISTS and PILOT are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble POPULISTS, the top score is 8, reached by 5. LIST, POST and TIPS are the familiar ones.
PIP, POP and PUP are the top 3-letter words from POPULISTS, 7 points each. OUT, ITS and TOP will look familiar.
Keep every letter of POPULISTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PO · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
POPULISTS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept POPULISTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POPULISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 231) | 197 | 231 | 184 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PIPULS, POULPS, PIPUL, POSTILS, POULP, POUPT, LOUPIT, PLUTOS, POSTIL, PUTOIS, PLUTO, POLTS and 22 more, 34 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PISTOUS, PISTOU, PLUOTS, LIPOS, PLUOT, LIPO, PTUI, TULSIS, POS, PST, PO, SUS and 1 more, 13 in all.