132 words come out when you unscramble POSTINS, starting with POSTINS itself: 9 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: PISTONS and SPINTOS. The best shorter words score 8: 13 of them, POINTS, PISTON and POSITS included. 7 letters: 2 vowels and 5 consonants. POSTINS as a single 7-tile play makes 59 in Scrabble, 9 plus the 50 bonus, and 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from POSTINS by length: 3 with 7 letters, 13 with 6, 23 with 5, 42 with 4, 35 with 3 and 16 with 2.
26 of 42 4-letter words from POSTINS tie at 6 points; none scores more. POST, TIPS and STOP will look familiar.
Keep every letter of POSTINS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with PO · ending in NS · all 7-letter words
POSTINS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept POSTINS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| POSTINS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 132) | 114 | 132 | 108 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POTINS, PSIONS, PONTS, POTIN, PSION, PONT, POSS, OINTS, ISOS, OINT, ONST, SIST and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INSPOS, INSPO, POS, PST, PO and OI, 6 in all.
These 8 words take every letter of POSTINS plus a single extra one.