421 words come out when you unscramble SEMIFINALIST, starting with SEMIFINALIST itself: 17 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. It has 12 letters, 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SEMIFINALIST split into 1 with 12 letters, 2 with 11, 3 with 10, 22 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 33 with 2.
The 11-letter words in SEMIFINALIST come to 2, each scoring 13 points.
SEMIFINALS tops the 10-letter words made with SEMIFINALIST letters at 15 points; next come FINALITIES on 13 and SALINITIES on 10.
Of the 22 9-letter words from SEMIFINALIST, 9 score 14 points, the group's best. FINALISTS, FEMINISTS and MANIFESTS are the ones most people know.
60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble SEMIFINALIST; 19 of them share the top score of 13. FAMILIES, FEMINIST and MANIFEST are everyday picks.
Among 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SEMIFINALIST, the top score is 12, reached by 14. FITNESS, INMATES and MISFITS are the familiar ones.
12 of 60 6-letter words from SEMIFINALIST tie at 11 points; none scores more. EMAILS, FINEST and FINITE will look familiar.
60 5-letter words in SEMIFINALIST; 10 of them share the top score of 10. FILES, FINAL and FILMS are everyday picks.
8 of 60 4-letter words made with SEMIFINALIST letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. LIFE, FILE and LEFT will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SEMIFINALIST, EMF, FAM and FEM tie for first at 8 points. MAN, MEN and ASS are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of SEMIFINALIST for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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The meaning of SEMIFINALIST, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SEMIFINALIST 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEMIFINALIST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 421) | 332 | 416 | 308 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INFAMISES, INFAMISE, MISFALNE, FALSISM, FEMINAL, INFAMES, SELFISM, FAINITES, FANSITES, FEMALS, FLEMIT, INFAME and 72 more, 84 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: FINITISMS, FAMILIST, FINITISM, FILMIS, MALTINESS, SEALIFTS, TAILFINS, FILMI, FINESTS, MILESIAN, MILFS, SEALIFT and 14 more, 26 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ALFS, ALF and FI, 3 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: EMFS and EMF, 2 in all.
This word takes every letter of SEMIFINALIST plus a single extra one.