182 words come out when you unscramble SKILLIEST, starting with SKILLIEST itself: 13 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 12: 4 of them, SKILLETS, SILKIEST and SKILLIES included. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SKILLIEST by length: 1 with 9 letters, 5 with 8, 7 with 7, 20 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 33 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Among 45 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SKILLIEST, the top score is 9, reached by 20. SITES, STILL and LISTS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with SKILLIEST letters, 27 score 8 points, the group's best. SITE, LIKE and LIST are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SKILLIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SK · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SILKIEST, SKILLETS and SLITLIKE (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SKILLIEST 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKILLIEST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 182) | 143 | 182 | 130 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SKILLIEST, SKILLIES, KISSEL, KELLS, KESTS, LISKS, SEKTS, SKETS, EIKS, KELL, KEST, KETS and 27 more, 39 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SLITLIKE, SILKIE, SKELLS, KELTS, SKELL, KELT, KIS, KI, LITES, ESTS, EST, TES and 1 more, 13 in all.