I'm addressing words acceptable in the US - English version of Scrabble and Yahoo Literati. It is helpful to know the availability of letters in the game.
There are 100 tiles .
There are 2 blank tiles. These are wild and you can pick any letter for the tile. The blank tile by itself is worth zero points in play; however, it gives you a wider variety of words to use your tiles on. It is very useful, if you know your words and are aiming for a bingo!
10 distinct lettered tiles are worth exactly 1 point each:
A, E, I, O, U, L, N, R, S, T
The letter -e- is available 12 times.
The letters -a- and -i- are available 9 times each.
The letter -o- is available 8 times.
The letters -n- and -r- and -t- are available 6 times each.
The letters -l- and -s- and -u- are available 4 times each.
2 distinct lettered tiles worth exactly 2 points each: D, G
The letter -d- is available 4 times.
The letter -g- is available 3 times.
4 distinct lettered tiles worth exactly 3 points each: B, C, M, P
Each tile is available two times.
5 distinct lettered tiles worth exactly 4 points each: F, H, V, W, Y
Each of these are also available two times.
The K tile occurs once, and is worth exactly 5 points.
2 distinct lettered tiles worth exactly 8 points each: J, X
Each of these are available once.
2 distinct lettered tiles worth exactly 10 points each: Q, Z
Each of these are available once.
In addressing 7-letter words available for play, I'm taking into account this particular tile distribution.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Exactly 4 Ss
5, 7-letter words with the letter -s- repeating 4 times:
assists possess sassies sissies swisses
assists possess sassies sissies swisses
Exactly 3 Is
26, 7-letter words with the letter -i- repeating 3 times:
bikinis finikin gingili idiotic ileitis illicit illitic incipit incivil indicia
inhibin inhibit initial insipid iridium irising lipidic lixivia militia minikin miniski rilievi ripieni silicic simioid vivific
bikinis finikin gingili idiotic ileitis illicit illitic incipit incivil indicia
inhibin inhibit initial insipid iridium irising lipidic lixivia militia minikin miniski rilievi ripieni silicic simioid vivific
Exactly 4 Os
7, 7-letter words with the letter -o- repeating exactly 4 times:
booboos boohoos hoodoos hoopoos koodoos oloroso voodoos
booboos boohoos hoodoos hoopoos koodoos oloroso voodoos
Exactly 4 Es
11, 7-letter words with the letter -e- repeating exactly 4 times:
beebees electee exegete freebee peebeen peewees
referee teepees veepees weeweed weewees
beebees electee exegete freebee peebeen peewees
referee teepees veepees weeweed weewees
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