Unscramble ANCIENTEST to get 328 words. ANCIENTEST itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. TENANCIES and INSECTEAN are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from ANCIENTEST split into 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 9, 19 with 8, 44 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Of the 19 8-letter words made with ANCIENTEST letters, 11 score 10 points, the group's best. INSTANCE and ANCIENTS are the ones most people know.
Among 44 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ANCIENTEST, the top score is 9, reached by 23. INSTANT, ANCIENT and INTENSE are the familiar ones.
43 of 60 6-letter words from ANCIENTEST tie at 8 points; none scores more. ESTATE, STATIC and INTENT will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from ANCIENTEST, the top score is 7, reached by 41. SCENE, CENTS and CEASE are the familiar ones.
37 of 60 4-letter words in ANCIENTEST tie at 6 points; none scores more. CASE, EAST and NICE will look familiar.
60 3-letter words made with ANCIENTEST letters; 13 of them share the top score of 5. CAN, SEE and ITS are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of ANCIENTEST but one, change that one, and you get:
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What ANCIENTEST means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ANCIENTEST works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANCIENTEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 328) | 254 | 325 | 240 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
71 of the 328 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INSECTEAN, CANTIEST, CANIEST, CANTEST, INTENSATE, TIETACS, ANETIC, ANTIENTS, CTENES, ENIACS, NEANIC, SCEATT and 59 more. 17 of the 328 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: INCENTS, CENTAI, CENTAS, INCENT, TAENITES, ETICS, TAENITE, TENNESI, NIENTE, SEITAN, TECS, TEC and 5 more. 3 of the 328 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NANCIES, NANCES and NANCE.
Each word below uses all the letters of ANCIENTEST and one more.