Unscramble ANTISCIAN to get 166 words. ANTISCIAN itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 11 points: ACTINIANS. It has 9 letters, 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from ANTISCIAN by length: 2 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 6 with 7, 19 with 6, 29 with 5, 55 with 4, 39 with 3 and 13 with 2.
11 of 29 5-letter words from ANTISCIAN tie at 7 points; none scores more. SAINT, SATIN and STAIN will look familiar.
Of the 55 4-letter words in ANTISCIAN, 18 score 6 points, the group's best. ANTI, CAST and ACTS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ANTISCIAN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with AN · ending in AN · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ACTINIANS (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
ANTISCIAN 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTISCIAN itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 166) | 123 | 166 | 114 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ANTISCIAN, ASCIAN, SANCAI, CANNS, ANNATS, CAAS, CANN, CITS, ISTANA, NAIANT, SAIC, TANNAS and 31 more, 43 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TACANS, ACAIS, TACAN, ACAI, TIANS, STAN, TIAN, ATS and SAN, 9 in all.
These 3 words take every letter of ANTISCIAN plus a single extra one.