Unscramble SUBSYSTEM to get 149 words. SUBSYSTEM itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is EMBUSY, 13 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
S1U12B34S1Y43S1T1E1M34
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from SUBSYSTEM by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 12 with 6, 28 with 5, 50 with 4, 40 with 3 and 15 with 2. None has 8 letters.
6 of 28 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBSYSTEM tie at 10 points; none scores more. BYTES, BUSTY and TUBES will look familiar.
Of the 50 4-letter words from SUBSYSTEM, 8 score 9 points, the group's best. BEST, MUST and USES are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of SUBSYSTEM for another and you can spell this word:
More 9-letter words: starting with SU · ending in EM · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SYSTEMS (12 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SUBSYSTEM 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBSYSTEM itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 149) | 121 | 149 | 104 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EMBUSY, STYMES, STYME, EMBUS, EMYS, YBET, MUSETS, STEYS, YESTS, MUSET, MUSSE, SEYS and 16 more, 28 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: YESSUM, SUMY, BUTES, TUMS, TUSSES, BES, MES, SUSES, TUM, UMS, ESTS, UTES and 5 more, 17 in all.
This word takes every letter of SUBSYSTEM plus a single extra one.