Unscramble SYNOPTICS and you have 238 words, SYNOPTICS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. 4 shorter words score 15, among them SYNOPTIC, COPYISTS and POSTSYNC. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SYNOPTICS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 6 with 7, 28 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
28 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SYNOPTICS; 5 of them share the top score of 11. TOPICS, POINTS and OPTICS are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from SYNOPTICS, the top score is 12, reached by 4. POSTS, POINT and TOPIC are the familiar ones.
COPY and PYIC are the top 4-letter words in SYNOPTICS, 11 points each. POST, CITY and COST will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words made with SYNOPTICS letters, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. NOT, ITS and TOP are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SYNOPTICS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SY · ending in CS · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by COPYISTS, POSTSYNC, PYCNOSIS and SYNOPTIC (15 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts SYNOPTICS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYNOPTICS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 238) | 198 | 238 | 182 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 40 of them: SYNOPTICS, PONCY, POYNTS, PIONY, PIOYS, PONTIC, PONTY, POYNT, PYOTS, SNIPY, PIOY, PYOT and 28 more. Words With Friends* skips 16 of them: COPSY, SYCONS, PISSY, SYCON, COPI, INSPOS, TIYNS, TYINS, INSPO, TIYN, TYIN, POS and 4 more.