132 words come out when you unscramble PUGILIST, starting with PUGILIST itself: 11 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is PUGILS, 9 points. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
Looking for pugislit? They use the same letters as PUGILIST, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from PUGILIST split into 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 6, 24 with 5, 49 with 4, 40 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Among the 5-letter words made with PUGILIST letters, GULPS, PLUGS and PUGIL tie for first at 8 points. SPLIT, GUILT and TULIP are everyday picks.
7 of 49 4-letter words from PUGILIST tie at 7 points; none scores more. LIST, TIPS and PLUS will look familiar.
Of the 40 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PUGILIST, 4 score 6 points, the group's best. ITS, PUT and UPS are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of PUGILIST, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with PU · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
What PUGILIST means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PUGILIST 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUGILIST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 132) | 104 | 130 | 98 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PUGILS, PUGIL, GUPS, SPUG, GIUST, GLITS, GUP, GUSLI, ULITIS, GLIT, LIGS, PLU and 14 more, 26 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PTUI, PST, TULSI, GIS, SIG and GI, 6 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: UGLIS and UGLI, 2 in all.
This word takes every letter of PUGILIST plus a single extra one.