Unscramble ANTINODES to get 324 words. ANTINODES itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 9: 4 of them, SEDATION, ANOINTED and ANTINODE included. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
A1N12T1I1N12O1D2E1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from ANTINODES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 6 with 8, 42 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 35 with 2.
Among 42 7-letter words made with ANTINODES letters, the top score is 8, reached by 31. INSTEAD, NATIONS and TENSION are the familiar ones.
40 of 60 6-letter words from ANTINODES tie at 7 points; none scores more. NATION, DONATE and INTEND will look familiar.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ANTINODES scores 6. IDEAS, STAND and DATES are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words made with ANTINODES letters come to 60, each scoring 5 points. DATE, SAID and DOES are the familiar ones.
35 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ANTINODES tie at 4 points; none scores more. ITS, END and INN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ANTINODES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AN · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What ANTINODES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ANTINODES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTINODES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 324) | 244 | 324 | 219 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ADONISE, ASTONED, DANNIES, DANTONS, DITONES, DONNATS, DONNIES, NOINTED, ONDINES, ONSTEAD, SODAINE, STANDEN and 68 more, 80 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ANODISE, NIDATES, SATINED, STANNED, IDENTS, NIDATE, DINOS, DOSAI, IDENT, SEITAN, DANS, DENI and 13 more, 25 in all.
These 7 words take every letter of ANTINODES plus a single extra one.