Unscramble SINISTROUS to get 230 words. SINISTROUS itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, IRONISTS and SIRTUINS lead with 8 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SINISTROUS split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 8, 11 with 7, 28 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 9 letters.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SINISTROUS come to 28, each scoring 6 points. INSIST and INTROS are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from SINISTROUS scores 5. TOURS, INTRO and SUITS are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words made with SINISTROUS letters come to 60, each scoring 4 points. SORT, IRON and RUNS are the familiar ones.
All 48 of the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SINISTROUS score 3 points. NOT, OUT and ITS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SINISTROUS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SI · ending in US · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; IRONISTS (8 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SINISTROUS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SINISTROUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 230) | 173 | 229 | 160 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
57 of the 230 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SIRTUINS, SIRTUIN, USTIONS, ROISTS, ROSITS, SNIRTS, STOUNS, SUTORS, UROSIS, URSONS, USTION, INUST and 45 more. 12 of the 230 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ROTINIS, TSOURIS, TURIONS, NUTSOS, ROSTIS, ROTINI, TURION, NUTSO, ROSTI, SUS, UNI and OI. 1 of the 230 answers is missing from Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: INROS.