Unscramble TIGERISMS and you have 223 words, TIGERISMS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from TIGERISMS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 12 with 7, 30 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 44 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble TIGERISMS, GRIMES and STIGME tie for first at 9 points. SISTER, TIGERS and RESIST are everyday picks.
GERMS, GISMS and GRIME are the top 5-letter words from TIGERISMS, 8 points each. ITEMS, TERMS and TIMES will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble TIGERISMS, 6 score 7 points, the group's best. TIME, ITEM and TERM are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of TIGERISMS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TI · ending in MS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with GRIMES, MISTERS, MITISES, RIMIEST, SMITERS, SMRITIS and STIMIES (9 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
TIGERISMS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIGERISMS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 223) | 177 | 223 | 156 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
46 of the 223 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TIGERISMS, TIGERISM, STIGMES, MISSIER, STIGME, GISMS, STIMIE, STRIMS, GEISTS, GISM, GRISES, MERIS and 34 more. 21 of the 223 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SMRITIS, SMRITI, MEGS, STIMS, TREMS, GITES, MEG, RESITS, STIM, TREM, GITE, MES and 9 more.