Unscramble SINISTERWISE to get 341 words. SINISTERWISE itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. WINTERISES, WIRINESSES and WITNESSERS are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. 12 letters: 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SINISTERWISE by length: 1 with 12 letters, 4 with 10, 11 with 9, 21 with 8, 55 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 11 letters.
The 10-letter words in SINISTERWISE are led by WINTERISES, WIRINESSES and WITNESSERS, 13 points each.
Among 21 8-letter words you get when you unscramble SINISTERWISE, the top score is 11, reached by 8. WESTERNS, SINISTER and WINERIES are the familiar ones.
Of the 55 7-letter words from SINISTERWISE, 20 score 10 points, the group's best. WESTERN, ENTRIES and WITNESS are the ones most people know.
46 of 60 6-letter words made with SINISTERWISE letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. ENTIRE, WINTER and NEWEST will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SINISTERWISE, the top score is 8, reached by 53. WRITE, ENTER and SWEET are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words from SINISTERWISE, 37 score 7 points, the group's best. NEWS, WERE and WEST are the ones most people know.
14 of 53 3-letter words in SINISTERWISE tie at 6 points; none scores more. NEW, SEE and ITS will look familiar.
These 2 words have the length of SINISTERWISE, with one letter different:
More 12-letter words: starting with SI · ending in SE · all 12-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with WINTERISES, WIRINESSES and WITNESSERS (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SINISTERWISE is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SINISTERWISE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 341) | 259 | 340 | 238 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 81 of them: SINISTERWISE, SINEWIEST, SWEIRNESS, SWINERIES, SINEWIER, SWEIREST, SENSITISER, STEWERS, STEWIER, SWITSES, WESTIES, ENSEWS and 69 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: WINTERISES, WITNESSERS, WINTERISE, WITNESSER, NEWSES, RESINIEST, SWINES, TWEENS, TWEER, SENITIS, SENSEIS, STRINES and 9 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ITER.