Unscramble SEMANTICISTS and you have 417 words, SEMANTICISTS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SEMANTICIST leads with 15 points. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SEMANTICISTS split into 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 8 with 10, 23 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
There is a single one of the 11-letter words in SEMANTICISTS: SEMANTICIST, 15 points.
The best of the 10-letter words made with SEMANTICISTS letters is SCIENTISMS, 14 points; MASTITISES and MINISTATES on 12 follow. SCIENTISTS is an everyday pick.
Of the 23 9-letter words you get when you unscramble SEMANTICISTS, 6 score 13 points, the group's best. SCIENTIST, SEMANTICS and INTIMATES are the ones most people know.
18 of 60 8-letter words from SEMANTICISTS tie at 12 points; none scores more. INTIMATE and SEMANTIC will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words made with SEMANTICISTS letters, 23 score 11 points, the group's best. INSECTS, SEISMIC and CINEMAS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SEMANTICISTS, the top score is 10, reached by 16. CITIES, CINEMA and INSECT are the familiar ones.
15 of 60 5-letter words from SEMANTICISTS tie at 9 points; none scores more. ITEMS, CASES and ANIME will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in SEMANTICISTS, 11 score 8 points, the group's best. ITEM, CASE and MAIN are the ones most people know.
CAM, MAC and MIC are the top 3-letter words made with SEMANTICISTS letters, 7 points each. CAN, ITS and MAN will look familiar.
Trade one tile of SEMANTICISTS for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 12-letter words: starting with SE · ending in TS · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ACTINISMS, ATTICISMS and CASTEISMS (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SEMANTICISTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEMANTICISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 417) | 336 | 417 | 310 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ETACISMS, ITACISMS, METCASTS, SAMNITISES, SCANTITIES, TACTISMS, ACMITES, ANTICISES, ATTICISES, EMICANT, ETACISM, ISMATIC and 69 more, 81 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ASEISMIC, MASTITISES, NEMATICS, SCATTINESS, METICAS, CASSINES, METICA, CAMIS, CASSINE, EMICS, MATIEST, SATINIEST and 14 more, 26 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of SEMANTICISTS and one more.