Unscramble DAUNTONS to get 198 words. DAUNTONS itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 12 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 8: 5 of them, ASTOUND, ADNOUNS and DANTONS included. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
D2A1U12N12T1O1N12S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DAUNTONS split into 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 14 with 6, 43 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Among 43 5-letter words from DAUNTONS, the top score is 6, reached by 23. SOUND, STAND and AUTOS are the familiar ones.
35 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DAUNTONS tie at 5 points; none scores more. AUTO, SAND and DUST will look familiar.
Among 55 3-letter words from DAUNTONS, the top score is 4, reached by 22. NOT, OUT and SUN are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DAUNTONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DA · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; ADNOUNS and ASTOUND (8 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DAUNTONS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAUNTONS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 198) | 152 | 198 | 131 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 46 of them: DAUNTONS, DANTONS, DAUNTON, DONNATS, DANTON, DONNAT, NANDUS, DANTS, DUANS, NANDU, NAUNTS, SANTON and 34 more. Words With Friends* skips 21 of them: DOUTS, DUNNO, TAUONS, UDONS, UNDOS, DANS, DOSA, DOUT, NANOS, NUTSO, ODAS, TAUON and 9 more.
These 2 words take every letter of DAUNTONS plus a single extra one.