Unscramble CISTERNAL to get 355 words. CISTERNAL itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of CISTERNAL are on the page: CLARINETS and LARCENIST, each 11 points. The best shorter words score 10: 18 of them, ARTICLES, CLARINET and CANISTER included. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from CISTERNAL by length: 3 with 9 letters, 26 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
26 8-letter words made with CISTERNAL letters; 18 of them share the top score of 10. ARTICLES, CLARINET and CANISTER are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble CISTERNAL score 9 points. ARTICLE, CENTRAL and CERTAIN are the ones most people know.
The 6-letter words from CISTERNAL come to 60, each scoring 8 points. CLIENT, CASTLE and CAIRNS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words from CISTERNAL score 7 points. CLEAR, CLEAN and ACRES are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words in CISTERNAL come to 60, each scoring 6 points. CASE, CARE and CART are the familiar ones.
18 of 60 3-letter words made with CISTERNAL letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. ARE, CAN and ITS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of CISTERNAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CI · ending in AL · all 9-letter words
The meaning of CISTERNAL, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. CISTERNAL 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISTERNAL itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 355) | 288 | 355 | 267 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 67 of them: ALTRICES, CARNIEST, NACRITES, SELICTAR, ASTELIC, CANIEST, CANTIER, CERASIN, CRINATE, LENTISC, NACRITE, RANCELS and 55 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: CANISTEL, TACRINES, ATRESIC, TACRINE, TALCIER, CENTAI, CENTAS, SLANTIER, CERTS, CLITS, CRIAS, CALS and 9 more.
These 12 words take every letter of CISTERNAL plus a single extra one.