Unscramble SUBSTITUTIONS and you have 268 words, SUBSTITUTIONS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. SUBSTITUTION is the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 13 letters split into 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from SUBSTITUTIONS by length: 1 with 13 letters, 1 with 12, 1 with 9, 5 with 8, 22 with 7, 40 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 11 or 10 letters.
Just 1 of the 12-letter words made with SUBSTITUTIONS letters: SUBSTITUTION, for 14 points.
There is a single one of the 9-letter words in SUBSTITUTIONS: OUTSTUNTS, 9 points.
Of the 22 7-letter words from SUBSTITUTIONS, 10 score 9 points, the group's best. BUTTONS, TUITION and SUBUNIT are the ones most people know.
Among 40 6-letter words made with SUBSTITUTIONS letters, the top score is 8, reached by 20. BUTTON, INSIST and STUNTS are the familiar ones.
29 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBSTITUTIONS tie at 7 points; none scores more. BONUS, BUTTS and SUITS will look familiar.
Among 60 4-letter words from SUBSTITUTIONS, the top score is 6, reached by 34. BITS, BUTT and BOSS are the familiar ones.
20 of 57 3-letter words in SUBSTITUTIONS tie at 5 points; none scores more. NOT, BUT and OUT will look familiar.
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SUBUNITS (10 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SUBSTITUTIONS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBSTITUTIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 268) | 204 | 266 | 188 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
64 of the 268 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BINIOUS, BISSONS, BONISTS, UNBITTS, BINIOU, BISSON, BONIST, BUISTS, BUSSUS, BUSTIS, OUBITS, OUSTITIS and 52 more. 16 of the 268 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TSUBOS, UNSUBS, STOTINS, TSOTSIS, TSUBO, UNSUB, NUTSOS, STOTIN, STOTTS, TSOTSI, NUTSO, STOTS and 4 more. 2 of the 268 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: BINTS and BINT.