Unscramble ANALECTA and you have 115 words, ANALECTA itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. CANTALA and LACTEAN are the best of the shorter words, at 9 points. It has 8 letters, 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
A1N12A1L12E1C34T1A1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ANALECTA by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 8 with 6, 19 with 5, 39 with 4, 32 with 3 and 14 with 2.
14 of 39 4-letter words from ANALECTA tie at 6 points; none scores more. LATE, CENT and LANE will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of ANALECTA, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with AN · ending in TA · all 8-letter words
The meaning of ANALECTA, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ANALECTA, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANALECTA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 115) | 97 | 115 | 91 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ANCLE, LACET, ANCE, CLAT, ANATA, CAA, TALEA, LANA, LANT, LEAT, NEAL, TAAL and 6 more, 18 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CANTAL, TACAN, CAL, TEC, NALA and TE, 6 in all.