Unscramble GREATENS to get 285 words. GREATENS itself is a real word: 9 points on a Scrabble board, 11 in Words With Friends. It has 7 anagrams at 9 points each, among them ESTRANGE, GRANTEES and NEGATERS. Among the shorter answers, 14 reach 8 points, STRANGE, REGENTS and GRANTEE among them. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from GREATENS by length: 8 with 8 letters, 19 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Among 60 6-letter words from GREATENS, the top score is 7, reached by 44. AGENTS, GRANTS and RANGES are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble GREATENS scores 6. GREAT, RANGE and GREEN are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from GREATENS, the top score is 5, reached by 52. ARTS, GETS and GEAR are the familiar ones.
21 of 60 3-letter words in GREATENS tie at 4 points; none scores more. ARE, SEE and GET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of GREATENS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with GR · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
What GREATENS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept GREATENS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREATENS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 285) | 231 | 285 | 214 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SEGREANT, STERNAGE, SANGEET, ETAGES, GEARES, GERNES, GRASTE, RATEENS, REGEST, RENGAS, SAGENE, SERANG and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GATERS, STERANE, TENGES, ARENES, GATER, GEANS, RANGS, TENGE, AREG, GEAN, NEGS, AGS and 5 more, 17 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of GREATENS plus a single extra one.