Unscramble SOLECIST and you have 227 words, SOLECIST itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of SOLECIST is on the page: SOLSTICE, each 10 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SOLECIST by length: 2 with 8 letters, 8 with 7, 32 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 17 with 2.
23 of 32 6-letter words from SOLECIST tie at 8 points; none scores more. CLOSES, CLOSET and SLICES will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SOLECIST, the top score is 7, reached by 38. SITES, CLOSE and COSTS are the familiar ones.
39 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SOLECIST tie at 6 points; none scores more. LIST, COST and LESS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SOLECIST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SO · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
SOLECIST first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. SOLECIST is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOLECIST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 227) | 183 | 227 | 159 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COTISES, OECISTS, CITESS, CLOTES, COSSIE, COSTES, COTISE, ESTOCS, OECIST, CIELS, CLIES, CLOTE and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LOESSIC, LOCIES, TELCOS, CLITS, ETICS, LOCIE, LOCIS, SOCES, TELCO, CLIT, ECOS, LOCS and 12 more, 24 in all.
These 7 words take every letter of SOLECIST plus a single extra one.