190 words come out when you unscramble ANTHOZOIC, starting with ANTHOZOIC itself: 23 in Scrabble, 24 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
A1N12T1H43O1Z10O1I1C34
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ANTHOZOIC by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 1 with 7, 12 with 6, 33 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
HOACTZIN is the only one of the 8-letter words made with ANTHOZOIC letters; it scores 22 points.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in ANTHOZOIC: HOATZIN, 19 points.
AZOTH tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ANTHOZOIC at 17 points; next come AZOIC and ZINCO on 16. CHINA, CHAIN and NOTCH will look familiar.
CAZH and CHIZ share the top score of 18 among the 4-letter words made with ANTHOZOIC letters. CHAT, ANTI and INCH are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ANTHOZOIC, ZHO leads with 15 points, then CAZ and COZ on 14. NOT, CAN and HOT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of ANTHOZOIC but one, change that one, and you get:
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What ANTHOZOIC means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ANTHOZOIC, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTHOZOIC itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 190) | 145 | 190 | 129 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CHIZ, ZOONIC, ZHO, CAZ, ZATI, ZOOT, CHATON, ZO, CHOON, CHOTA, NICHT, TACHO and 33 more, 45 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ANTHOZOIC, CAZH, ZINCO, ZONA, TIZ, ZA, ANCHO, CATH, CHAI, HAINT, OCH, AHI and 4 more, 16 in all.