Unscramble ANNALISES and you have 230 words, ANNALISES itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. ALANINES, ANNALISE and NASALISE are the best of the shorter words, at 8 points. 9 letters: 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ANNALISES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 11 with 7, 34 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 44 with 3 and 17 with 2.
All 34 of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ANNALISES score 6 points. ALIENS, INSANE and LINENS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from ANNALISES scores 5. SALES, LINES and ALIEN are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words in ANNALISES come to 60, each scoring 4 points. LINE, SALE and LESS are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of ANNALISES, with one letter different:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ALANINES and NASALISE (8 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
ANNALISES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANNALISES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 230) | 183 | 230 | 176 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
47 of the 230 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ANNALISES, ANNALISE, SANNIES, EASSIL, ELSINS, LAISSE, SANNIE, SASINE, SILENS, SLANES, ELSIN, ISNAE and 35 more. 7 of the 230 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: LIASES, LASSI, NALAS, LIAS, NAES, NALA and SAN.
Each word below uses all the letters of ANNALISES and one more.