Unscramble SECTIONALISM and you have 478 words, SECTIONALISM itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SECTIONALISM by length: 1 with 12 letters, 18 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 39 with 2. None has 11 letters.
Of the 18 10-letter words in SECTIONALISM, 8 score 14 points, the group's best.
60 9-letter words made with SECTIONALISM letters; 31 of them share the top score of 13. SEMANTICS, SECTIONAL and CESSATION are everyday picks.
Of the 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble SECTIONALISM, 58 score 12 points, the group's best. SEMANTIC, AILMENTS and CLIMATES are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words from SECTIONALISM scores 11. CLIMATE, INCOMES and CINEMAS are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words made with SECTIONALISM letters come to 60, each scoring 10 points. INCOME, CLAIMS and CINEMA are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SECTIONALISM; 41 of them share the top score of 9. COMES, CLAIM and ANIME are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from SECTIONALISM, the top score is 8, reached by 20. CASE, COME and CAME are the familiar ones.
60 3-letter words in SECTIONALISM; 4 of them share the top score of 7. CAN, MAN and MEN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SECTIONALISM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with SE · ending in SM · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 4 strongest answers mean; MELANISTIC and MISLOCATES (14 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SECTIONALISM 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SECTIONALISM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 478) | 365 | 478 | 326 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CALMSTONES, CLIMATISES, EMICATIONS, MONISTICAL, CALMSTONE, CAMSTONES, CIMOLITES, CLIMATISE, COALMINES, EMICATION, EMICTIONS, MOLECASTS and 101 more, 113 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: COSEISMAL, MESCALINS, SEISMICAL, ASEISMIC, COMITIAS, MESCALIN, NEMATICS, CANISTELS, COMSATS, LICITNESS, LOAMINESS, MALTINESS and 27 more, 39 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of SECTIONALISM spell the words below.