Unscramble ANABASIS and you have 87 words, ANABASIS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. ABASIAS is the best of the shorter words, at 9 points. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ANABASIS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 8 with 6, 16 with 5, 24 with 4, 26 with 3 and 11 with 2.
ABASIAS is the only one of the 7-letter words in ANABASIS; it scores 9 points.
Keep every letter of ANABASIS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with AN · ending in IS · all 8-letter words
What ANABASIS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. ANABASIS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANABASIS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 87) | 70 | 87 | 69 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
17 of the 87 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BAISAS, BANIAS, BASANS, BAISA, BANIA, BASAN, SNABS, SNAB, SANSA, AIAS, ISNA, SAIS and 5 more. 1 of the 87 answers is missing from Words With Friends*: SAN.