Unscramble CANTANKEROUS and you have 400 words, CANTANKEROUS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, COUNTERSANK leads with 17 points. 12 letters: 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from CANTANKEROUS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 1 with 10, 14 with 9, 50 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 33 with 2.
There is a single one of the 11-letter words in CANTANKEROUS: COUNTERSANK, 17 points.
CONNATURES is the only one of the 10-letter words made with CANTANKEROUS letters; it scores 12 points.
9 of 50 8-letter words from CANTANKEROUS tie at 14 points; none scores more. COUNTERS, ANCESTOR and RESONANT will look familiar.
Of the 60 7-letter words from CANTANKEROUS, 29 score 13 points, the group's best. ROCKETS, STACKER and TANKERS are the ones most people know.
60 6-letter words in CANTANKEROUS; 38 of them share the top score of 12. TRACKS, TRUCKS and SOCKET are everyday picks.
34 of 60 5-letter words made with CANTANKEROUS letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. STOCK, TRACK and TRUCK will look familiar.
60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CANTANKEROUS; 21 of them share the top score of 10. ROCK, SUCK and NECK are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words from CANTANKEROUS, ACK leads with 9 points, then AKA and AKE on 7. CAN, CAR and ACT are the familiar ones.
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; CANKEROUS (15 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. CANTANKEROUS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANTANKEROUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 400) | 293 | 400 | 268 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
107 of the 400 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COUNTERSANK, COKERNUTS, ORESTUNCK, COKERNUT, CRONKEST, RUCKSEAT, UNSOCKET, CAUKERS, NACKETS, NOCAKES, NOCKETS, NUNATAKER and 95 more. 25 of the 400 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: UNTRACKS, SNACKER, UNTRACK, CRUNKS, CRUNK, KATSURA, OSTRAKA, REKNOTS, SANTOKU, STONKER, TOCKS, CURTANAS and 13 more.