Unscramble TALIPATS and you have 177 words, TALIPATS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are SPATIAL and TALIPAT, 9 points each. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
T1A1L12I1P34A1T1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from TALIPATS split into 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 9 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 15 with 2.
32 of 45 5-letter words from TALIPATS tie at 7 points; none scores more. SPLIT, ATLAS and ALIAS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble TALIPATS, 31 score 6 points, the group's best. LIST, LAST and PAST are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of TALIPATS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with TA · ending in TS · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SPATIAL (9 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: TALIPATS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TALIPATS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 177) | 141 | 177 | 130 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TALIPATS, TALIPAT, ATTAPS, TALPAS, TAPIST, ALAPS, ATTAP, PAALS, PALAS, PLAAS, PLAST, PLATT and 24 more, 36 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PITTAS, LIPAS, PALIS, PALSA, PITTA, LIPA, PALI, PST, SALAT, LIAS and ATS, 11 in all.