Unscramble SYNCOPATIONS and you have 375 words, SYNCOPATIONS itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. SYNCOPATION is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. The 12 letters split into 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SYNCOPATIONS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 8 with 9, 36 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2. None has 10 letters.
There is a single one of the 11-letter words in SYNCOPATIONS: SYNCOPATION, 18 points.
5 of 36 8-letter words you get when you unscramble SYNCOPATIONS tie at 15 points; none scores more. CONTAINS, SANCTION and CAPTIONS will look familiar.
Among the 7-letter words from SYNCOPATIONS, COPYIST, OPACITY and PYCNONS tie for first at 14 points. OPTIONS, ACTIONS and CONTAIN are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words made with SYNCOPATIONS letters, the top score is 13, reached by 4. ACTION, TOPICS and CANYON are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SYNCOPATIONS tie at 12 points; none scores more. PANIC, SCOOP and OPTIC will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words from SYNCOPATIONS, COPY, PACY and PYIC tie for first at 11 points. CITY, SAYS and TOYS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words in SYNCOPATIONS, 8 score 8 points, the group's best. CAN, ANY and SAY are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SYNCOPATIONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with SY · ending in NS · all 12-letter words
SYNCOPATIONS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. SYNCOPATIONS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYNCOPATIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 375) | 302 | 374 | 272 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SYNOPTICS, PYCNONS, PYCNON, PONCY, POYNANT, POYSONS, SONANCY, COONTY, COPITAS, ICONOSTAS, INTONACOS, PANISCS and 60 more, 72 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: COPAYS, ISOSTACY, COPAY, COPSY, SPONCONS, PACY, SPONCON, SYCONS, CAPOTS, NONSTOPS, PANNISTS, PISSY and 19 more, 31 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NANCY.