Unscramble CISTERNA to get 309 words. CISTERNA itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. 7 anagrams of CISTERNA are on the page, CANISTER, CARNIEST and CERATINS included; each is 10 points. 28 shorter words score 9, among them CERTAIN, ARSENIC and CISTERN. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from CISTERNA by length: 8 with 8 letters, 39 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
39 7-letter words in CISTERNA; 28 of them share the top score of 9. CERTAIN, RETAINS and ARSENIC are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CISTERNA come to 60, each scoring 8 points. TRANCE, INSECT and TRACES are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words from CISTERNA score 7 points. ACRES, CENTS and RACES are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from CISTERNA; 53 of them share the top score of 6. CASE, CARE and CART are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words in CISTERNA, the top score is 5, reached by 15. ARE, CAN and ITS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of CISTERNA but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CI · ending in NA · all 8-letter words
The meaning of CISTERNA, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
CISTERNA works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISTERNA itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 309) | 254 | 309 | 234 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 55 of them: CARNIEST, NACRITES, CANIEST, CANTIER, CERASIN, CRINATE, NACRITE, ANETIC, ARTICS, CANIER, CRANTS, CREANT and 43 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: TACRINES, ATRESIC, TACRINE, CENTAI, CENTAS, RECITS, CERTS, CRIAS, CRITS, ETICS, RECIT, CERT and 8 more.
These 12 words take every letter of CISTERNA plus a single extra one.