Unscramble FLOATANTS to get 203 words. FLOATANTS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
F4L12O1A1T1A1N12T1S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from FLOATANTS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 7, 21 with 6, 56 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words in FLOATANTS: FLOATANT, for 11 points.
Among 56 5-letter words you get when you unscramble FLOATANTS, the top score is 8, reached by 16. TOTAL, LOANS and ATLAS are the familiar ones.
20 of 60 4-letter words from FLOATANTS tie at 7 points; none scores more. ALSO, LAST and FAST will look familiar.
Keep every letter of FLOATANTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with FL · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; FANTAST (10 points) takes the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: FLOATANTS is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLOATANTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 203) | 167 | 201 | 153 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 34 of them: FLOATANTS, FLOATANT, FLOTANT, FANALS, FANAL, FAAN, FAAS, SAFT, SALTATO, TALANTS, FAA, SANTAL and 22 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: NATTOS, STANOL, TANTOS, LOTSA, LOTTA, NALAS, NATTO, SALAT, TOLTS, NALA, STAN, STOT and 2 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: ALFS and ALF.