Unscramble THYRISTOR and you have 165 words, THYRISTOR itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are HISTORY, THIRSTY and THRISTY, 13 points each. The 9 letters split into 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
T1H43Y43R1I1S1T1O1R1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from THYRISTOR split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 14 with 6, 43 with 5, 51 with 4, 36 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
4 of 43 5-letter words you get when you unscramble THYRISTOR tie at 11 points; none scores more. STORY, SHORT and SHIRT will look familiar.
HOYS scores highest among the 4-letter words from THYRISTOR at 10 points, ahead of HIST and HITS on 7. TOYS, SORT and HOST are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of THYRISTOR but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TH · ending in OR · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HISTORY and THIRSTY (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept THYRISTOR, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| THYRISTOR itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 165) | 129 | 165 | 120 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: THRISTY, HOSTRY, TOSHY, RHY, RIOTRY, THRIST, RORTY, ROYST, YTOST, HOIS, HORS, RORY and 24 more, 36 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HOTTY, ROSHI, HOS, SHO, SOH, ROSTI, TORRS, STOT and OI, 9 in all.
This word takes every letter of THYRISTOR plus a single extra one.