Unscramble TIMESCALE to get 298 words. TIMESCALE itself is a real word: 13 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
T1I1M34E1S1C34A1L12E1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from TIMESCALE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 8 with 8, 25 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
13 of 25 7-letter words in TIMESCALE tie at 11 points; none scores more. CLIMATE and ELASTIC will look familiar.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble TIMESCALE; 22 of them share the top score of 10. SELECT, CLAIMS and CASTLE are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from TIMESCALE, the top score is 9, reached by 21. EMAIL, ITEMS and CLAIM are the familiar ones.
14 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble TIMESCALE tie at 8 points; none scores more. MAIL, ITEM and CASE will look familiar.
CAM, MAC and MIC share the top score of 7 among the 3-letter words from TIMESCALE. ITS, ACT and CAT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of TIMESCALE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TI · ending in LE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CLEMATIS, CLIMATES and METICALS (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept TIMESCALE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIMESCALE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 298) | 226 | 298 | 206 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CALMIEST, EMETICAL, EMICATES, ACMITES, EMICATE, ETACISM, LIMACES, MICATES, ACMITE, CAMESE, CLAMES, MALEIC and 60 more, 72 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: METICAS, METICA, CAMIS, EMICS, STEAMIE, CAMI, EMAILS, MICS, CLITS, EMAIL, ETICS, MIC and 8 more, 20 in all.
These 7 words take every letter of TIMESCALE plus a single extra one.