280 words come out when you unscramble SYNTHETISM, starting with SYNTHETISM itself: 18 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SYNTHETISM by length: 1 with 10 letters, 7 with 8, 14 with 7, 56 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 9 letters.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SYNTHETISM are led by HYMENS, SMITHY and THYMES, 14 points each. SYSTEM, ENTITY and THESIS are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 5-letter words from SYNTHETISM tie at 13 points; none scores more. HINTS, SHINE and MYTHS will look familiar.
The 4-letter words in SYNTHETISM are led by HYMN and MYTH, 12 points each. THEN, HITS and MESH are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 3-letter words made with SYNTHETISM letters tie at 9 points; none scores more. ITS, SET and MEN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SYNTHETISM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SY · ending in SM · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HYMNISTS, MYTHIEST, THYMIEST and THYMINES (16 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SYNTHETISM is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYNTHETISM itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 280) | 209 | 278 | 192 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
69 of the 280 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SYNTHETISM, METHYSIS, MYTHISES, MYTHISTS, MYTHISE, MYTHIST, IMSHY, MYTHI, SYTHES, THYINE, YSHENT, HYENS and 57 more. 17 of the 280 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SHINTY, HITMEN, MENSH, HIMS, SHITES, SNITTY, MEH, SHITE, SESH, SHEN, TIYN, TYIN and 5 more. 2 of the 280 answers are missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: HEMI and NESTY.
This word takes every letter of SYNTHETISM plus a single extra one.