Unscramble ZINCIEST and you have 128 words, ZINCIEST itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 19 points: CITIZENS and ZINCITES. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ZINCIEST split into 3 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 11 with 6, 23 with 5, 46 with 4, 30 with 3 and 12 with 2.
ZINCS tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ZINCIEST at 16 points; next come TIZES and ZEINS on 14. CENTS, STEIN and SCENT will look familiar.
ZINC scores highest among the 4-letter words made with ZINCIEST letters at 15 points, ahead of SITZ and SIZE on 13. SITE, NICE and SENT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ZINCIEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with ZI · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CITIZENS and ZINCITES (19 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ZINCIEST 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZINCIEST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 128) | 107 | 128 | 92 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
21 of the 128 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ZINCIEST, SITZ, ZITE, ZE, SCIENT, TICES, CENS, CITS, TICE, TINIES, CIT, SIENT and 9 more. 15 of the 128 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: TIZES, ZINES, ZENS, ZINE, SEZ, TIZ, ZEN, ETICS, TECS, TEC, TEINS, TEIN and 3 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of ZINCIEST and one more.