Unscramble CANTONISES and you have 375 words, CANTONISES itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 13 shorter words score 11, among them INSTANCES, SANCTIONS and CESSATION. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from CANTONISES split into 1 with 10 letters, 14 with 9, 33 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
Among 33 8-letter words made with CANTONISES letters, the top score is 10, reached by 25. CONTAINS, SECTIONS and INSTANCE are the familiar ones.
57 of 60 7-letter words from CANTONISES tie at 9 points; none scores more. SECTION, ACTIONS and CONTAIN will look familiar.
All 60 of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CANTONISES score 8 points. ACTION, CASINO and CANINE are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from CANTONISES scores 7. COSTS, CASES and COAST are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words in CANTONISES come to 60, each scoring 6 points. CASE, COST and ONCE are the familiar ones.
19 of 60 3-letter words made with CANTONISES letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. NOT, CAN and ONE will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CANTONISES but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ASCENSION, CANOEISTS, CANONISES, CANONISTS, CESSATION, ENACTIONS, INCESSANT and INSTANCES (11 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts CANTONISES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANTONISES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 375) | 297 | 373 | 279 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CANTONISES, CANTINESS, CANTONISE, SONANCIES, CANTIONS, COSTEANS, SOCIATES, ANOETIC, CANIEST, CANTION, CASSONE, CONNIES and 64 more, 76 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ENACTIONS, CONTESSA, ENACTION, CASSINE, INCENTS, NEONICS, ASCONS, CENTAI, CENTAS, ASCON, ETICS, ECOS and 8 more, 20 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NANCIES and NANCE, 2 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of CANTONISES spell the words below.