Unscramble ANAPEST and you have 168 words, ANAPEST itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of ANAPEST is on the page: PEASANT, each 9 points. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of ANAPEST in one turn: 59 in Scrabble (9 + 50), 46 in Words With Friends (11 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from ANAPEST split into 2 with 7 letters, 6 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 45 with 3 and 16 with 2.
Among 39 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ANAPEST, the top score is 7, reached by 29. SPENT, PANTS and TAPES are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words from ANAPEST, 36 score 6 points, the group's best. EAST, PAST and STEP are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of ANAPEST for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with AN · ending in ST · all 7-letter words
What ANAPEST means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ANAPEST, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANAPEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 168) | 143 | 168 | 132 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: PESANT, PENTS, SAPAN, SPANE, SPEAT, TAPEN, APTS, NEPS, SPET, STAP, NEP, STEAN and 13 more, 25 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: NAPAS, PAANS, NAPA, PAAN, PST, NAES, ATS, EST, SAN, TES and TE, 11 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of ANAPEST and one more.