Unscramble COMBATANTS and you have 263 words, COMBATANTS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from COMBATANTS split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 2 with 8, 16 with 7, 43 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with COMBATANTS letters: COMBATANT, for 15 points.
4 of 43 6-letter words you get when you unscramble COMBATANTS tie at 12 points; none scores more. COMBAT, BATMAN and SONATA will look familiar.
COMBS scores highest among the 5-letter words made with COMBATANTS letters at 11 points, ahead of ABACS and ABOMA on 9. COAST, COSTA and BOATS are the ones most people know.
COMB tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble COMBATANTS at 10 points; next come ABAC and AMBO on 8. COST, BOAT and CAST will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from COMBATANTS, 8 score 7 points, the group's best. CAN, MAN and ACT are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of COMBATANTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with CO · ending in TS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with COMBATS, TAMBACS and TOMBACS (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
COMBATANTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMBATANTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 263) | 206 | 263 | 189 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 57 of them: MOBCAST, MONACTS, AMBANS, CAMANS, MONACT, SCAMTO, TSAMBA, ABACS, ACTANTS, AMBAN, BOMAS, CABAS and 45 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: COMSAT, SATCOM, BANCS, CAMOS, BANC, CAMO, MANATS, TACANS, ASCON, MANAT, MASA, NATTOS and 5 more.