Unscramble SCIENTISTS and you have 188 words, SCIENTISTS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from SCIENTISTS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 2 with 8, 12 with 7, 27 with 6, 46 with 5, 59 with 4, 29 with 3 and 11 with 2.
SCIENTIST is the only one of the 9-letter words in SCIENTISTS; it scores 11 points.
27 6-letter words from SCIENTISTS; 11 of them share the top score of 8. CITIES, INSECT and INSIST are everyday picks.
12 of 46 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SCIENTISTS tie at 7 points; none scores more. SITES, TESTS and CENTS will look familiar.
Of the 59 4-letter words from SCIENTISTS, 17 score 6 points, the group's best. SITE, TEST and NICE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SCIENTISTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SC · ending in TS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CISSIES, ICINESS, INCESTS, INCISES, INCITES and INSECTS (9 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SCIENTISTS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCIENTISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 188) | 149 | 188 | 136 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
39 of the 188 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CISSIEST, CITESS, SCIENT, SITTINES, SENSIST, SITTINE, TICES, CENS, CITS, ETTINS, NISSES, SENSIS and 27 more. 13 of the 188 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ETICS, SENITIS, STENTS, TECS, SENTS, STENT, TEC, TEINS, ESTS, TEIN, EST, TES and 1 more.