Unscramble SAMIZDAT and you have 134 words, SAMIZDAT itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. MATZAS and ZAMIAS are the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
S1A1M34I1Z10D2A1T1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SAMIZDAT by length: 1 with 8 letters, 7 with 6, 20 with 5, 44 with 4, 44 with 3 and 18 with 2. None has 7 letters.
DITZ scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SAMIZDAT at 14 points, ahead of SITZ and ZATI on 13. DATA, SAID and AIDS are the ones most people know.
MIZ tops the 3-letter words from SAMIZDAT at 14 points; next come ADZ on 13 and SAZ on 12. ITS, SAT and ADS will look familiar.
Trade one tile of SAMIZDAT for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with SA · ending in AT · all 8-letter words
The meaning of SAMIZDAT, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SAMIZDAT 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAMIZDAT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 134) | 104 | 134 | 94 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SADZA, MIZ, ZATIS, SITZ, ZATI, SAZ, MATAIS, MATAI, AIDAS, MAAS, SAIM, SAMA and 18 more, 30 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ZAIDAS, ZAIDA, TIZ, ZAS, ZA, MASA, STIM, DAS, ATS and DA, 10 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of SAMIZDAT and one more.