Unscramble CISTERNS to get 223 words. CISTERNS itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
Looking for crestins? They use the same letters as CISTERNS, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CISTERNS split into 1 with 8 letters, 9 with 7, 40 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 40 with 3 and 13 with 2.
40 6-letter words in CISTERNS; 16 of them share the top score of 8. SISTER, INSERT and RESIST are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from CISTERNS, the top score is 7, reached by 28. SITES, INTER and CENTS are the familiar ones.
25 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble CISTERNS tie at 6 points; none scores more. NICE, SENT and REST will look familiar.
Trade one tile of CISTERNS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with CI · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
CISTERNS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. CISTERNS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISTERNS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 223) | 180 | 222 | 162 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
42 of the 223 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SCRINES, CITESS, CRINES, SCIENT, SCRINE, CRINE, CRISE, ERICS, ICERS, SERIC, TICES, CENS and 30 more. 18 of the 223 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: RECITS, CERTS, CRITS, ETICS, RECIT, STRINES, CERT, CRIT, RESITS, STRINE, TECS, RESIT and 6 more. 1 of the 223 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 10 words take every letter of CISTERNS plus a single extra one.