Unscramble SOILIEST and you have 149 words, SOILIEST itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are IOLITES and OILIEST, 7 points each. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SOILIEST by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 10 with 6, 34 with 5, 52 with 4, 33 with 3 and 17 with 2.
All 34 of the 5-letter words from SOILIEST score 5 points. SITES, LISTS and SLOTS are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SOILIEST come to 52, each scoring 4 points. SITE, LIST and LESS are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of SOILIEST, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with SO · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with IOLITES and OILIEST (7 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SOILIEST 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOILIEST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 149) | 120 | 149 | 113 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SOILIEST, STEILS, TOISES, LESTS, LOTES, SEILS, SILES, STEIL, TEILS, TOISE, TOSES, ELTS and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SILOES, LITES, ESTS, EST, TES, OI and TE, 7 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of SOILIEST and one more.