Unscramble SETTLEMENTS to get 233 words. SETTLEMENTS itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. SETTLEMENT is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 11 letters: 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SETTLEMENTS split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 7 with 8, 21 with 7, 44 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 29 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 9 letters.
There is a single one of the 10-letter words made with SETTLEMENTS letters: SETTLEMENT, 12 points.
10 of 21 7-letter words from SETTLEMENTS tie at 9 points; none scores more. ELEMENT and SETTLES will look familiar.
Of the 44 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SETTLEMENTS, 18 score 8 points, the group's best. LENSES, SETTLE and ESTEEM are the ones most people know.
24 of 60 5-letter words from SETTLEMENTS tie at 7 points; none scores more. TEENS, SEEMS and SENSE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in SETTLEMENTS, 21 score 6 points, the group's best. TEEN, LESS and MEET are the ones most people know.
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ELEMENTS and MEETNESS (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SETTLEMENTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SETTLEMENTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 233) | 161 | 233 | 144 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
72 of the 233 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: STEELMEN, STEMLETS, TEEMLESS, MEETEST, STEMLET, TELESMS, EMLETS, MESELS, SESTETTE, STEEMS, STEMES, TELESM and 60 more. 17 of the 233 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MENTEES, MENTEE, SEMEE, TELNETS, STENTS, TELNET, ESNES, MES, SENES, SENTS, STENT, ESNE and 5 more.