175 words come out when you unscramble STRICTEST, starting with STRICTEST itself: 11 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, TRISECTS leads with 10 points. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from STRICTEST by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 5 with 7, 23 with 6, 49 with 5, 57 with 4, 29 with 3 and 10 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in STRICTEST: TRISECTS, 10 points.
Among 23 6-letter words you get when you unscramble STRICTEST, the top score is 8, reached by 9. SISTER, STRICT and RESIST are the familiar ones.
22 of 49 5-letter words from STRICTEST tie at 7 points; none scores more. SITES, TESTS and TRIES will look familiar.
57 4-letter words from STRICTEST; 21 of them share the top score of 6. SITE, TEST and REST are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of STRICTEST, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with ST · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
STRICTEST first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept STRICTEST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRICTEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 175) | 142 | 174 | 124 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CITESS, CRISE, ERICS, ICERS, SERIC, TICES, CITS, ERIC, ICER, REISTS, STIRES, TICE and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: RECITS, CERTS, CRITS, ETICS, RECIT, CERT, CRIT, RESITS, TECS, TETRIS, RESIT, TEC and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.