Unscramble WITTICISMS and you have 68 words, WITTICISMS itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. WITTICISM is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from WITTICISMS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 1 with 8, 2 with 7, 2 with 6, 13 with 5, 25 with 4, 17 with 3 and 6 with 2.
WITTICISM is the only one of the 9-letter words made with WITTICISMS letters; it scores 16 points.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in WITTICISMS: WISTITIS, for 11 points.
CWMS scores highest among the 4-letter words from WITTICISMS at 11 points, ahead of SWIM on 9 and MICS on 8. MISS, SITS and MIST are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of WITTICISMS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with WI · ending in MS · all 10-letter words
What WITTICISMS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept WITTICISMS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WITTICISMS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 68) | 54 | 68 | 50 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
14 of the 68 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WISTITIS, WISTITI, TIMISTS, SWITS, TIMIST, SIMIS, SMITS, CITS, IWI, SIMI, CIT, ISIT and 2 more. 4 of the 68 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MICS, MIC, STIMS and STIM.