81 words come out when you unscramble SILURISTS, starting with SILURISTS itself: 9 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. SILURIST is the best of the shorter words, at 8 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SILURISTS split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 17 with 5, 29 with 4, 17 with 3 and 9 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in SILURISTS: SILURIST, 8 points.
TRISULS is the only one of the 7-letter words made with SILURISTS letters; it scores 7 points.
Keep every letter of SILURISTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SI · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with TSURIS, TULSIS and TUSSIS (6 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SILURISTS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SILURISTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 81) | 58 | 81 | 55 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SILURISTS, SILURIST, TRISULS, SLUITS, TRISUL, ULITIS, SIRIS, SISTS, SLUIT, ISIT, LUIT, LURS and 11 more, 23 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TULSIS, TULSI and SUS, 3 in all.