Unscramble CNIDARIANS and you have 243 words, CNIDARIANS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is CNIDARIAN, 12 points. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from CNIDARIANS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 4 with 8, 21 with 7, 35 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 13 with 2.
CNIDARIAN is the only one of the 9-letter words made with CNIDARIANS letters; it scores 12 points.
Of the 35 6-letter words from CNIDARIANS, 11 score 9 points, the group's best. CAIRNS, DRAINS and RANCID are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words in CNIDARIANS, the top score is 8, reached by 16. CARDS, ACIDS and DRAIN are the familiar ones.
9 of 60 4-letter words made with CNIDARIANS letters tie at 7 points; none scores more. SAID, CARD and CARS will look familiar.
CAD and CID share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CNIDARIANS. CAN, CAR and AIR are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of CNIDARIANS for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with CN · ending in NS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ASCIDIAN and INDICANS (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
CNIDARIANS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNIDARIANS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 243) | 187 | 243 | 172 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ACRIDINS, ACRIDIN, CADRANS, CIDARIS, DIASCIA, SCIARID, CARDAN, CARDIS, DINICS, ASCIAN, CARDI, DIARIAN and 44 more, 56 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ARANCINI, SARCINA, CNIDA, ACAIS, CRIAS, SCRAN, ACAI, CRIA, NAIRAS, DANS, DAN, DAS and 3 more, 15 in all.
This word takes every letter of CNIDARIANS plus a single extra one.