Unscramble SHORTLISTS and you have 208 words, SHORTLISTS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SHORTLISTS split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 5 with 7, 27 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 37 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
SHORTLIST is the only one of the 9-letter words in SHORTLISTS; it scores 12 points.
27 6-letter words from SHORTLISTS; 19 of them share the top score of 9. SHIRTS, SHORTS and THIRST are everyday picks.
28 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SHORTLISTS tie at 8 points; none scores more. SHORT, LISTS and SHIRT will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from SHORTLISTS, the top score is 7, reached by 27. LIST, SORT and LOSS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SHORTLISTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SH · ending in TS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HOLISTS, SOTTISH and THIRSTS (10 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SHORTLISTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHORTLISTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 208) | 168 | 208 | 153 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: THRISTS, SHISOS, THRIST, LITHS, SHIRS, SHISO, SLISH, THOLI, HOIS, HORS, LITH, LOSH and 28 more, 40 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ROSHIS, ROSHI, HOSS, SOHS, TSOTSIS, HOS, ROSTIS, SHO, SOH, TSOTSI, ROSTI, STOTS and 3 more, 15 in all.