161 words come out when you unscramble SINKIEST, starting with SINKIEST itself: 12 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
S1I1N12K5I1E1S1T1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SINKIEST by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 12 with 6, 43 with 5, 58 with 4, 32 with 3 and 12 with 2.
21 of 43 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SINKIEST tie at 9 points; none scores more. SITES, SKINS and STEIN will look familiar.
Of the 58 4-letter words from SINKIEST, 28 score 8 points, the group's best. SITE, SENT and SKIN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SINKIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SI · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by INKIEST and KINESIS (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SINKIEST 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SINKIEST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 161) | 119 | 161 | 109 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
42 of the 161 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SINKIEST, KENTS, KESTS, SEKTS, SKENS, SKETS, TINKS, EIKS, KEST, KETS, NEKS, SEIK and 30 more. 10 of the 161 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: KIS, SENITIS, KI, SENTS, TEINS, ESTS, TEIN, EST, TES and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of SINKIEST and one more.