Unscramble VIKINGISM and you have 64 words, VIKINGISM itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, VIKINGS and SKIVING lead with 15 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from VIKINGISM split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 7, 5 with 6, 5 with 5, 23 with 4, 21 with 3 and 6 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Keep every letter of VIKINGISM but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with VI · ending in SM · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SKIVING and VIKINGS (15 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: VIKINGISM 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIKINGISM itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 64) | 53 | 64 | 46 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
11 of the 64 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: VIKINGISM, SIMKIN, MINGS, GISM, MING, SIK, SIMI, INGS, SNIG, ING and NIS. 7 of the 64 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: KIS, VINS, KI, VIN, GIS, SIG and GI.
This word takes every letter of VIKINGISM plus a single extra one.