306 words come out when you unscramble ILLUMINANTS, starting with ILLUMINANTS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 4 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 ILLUMINANTS split into 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 2 with 9, 9 with 8, 29 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words made with ILLUMINANTS letters: ILLUMINANT, for 12 points.
29 7-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLUMINANTS; 19 of them share the top score of 9. INSTALL, TSUNAMI and INSULIN are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words made with ILLUMINANTS letters, 44 score 8 points, the group's best. LIMITS, ALUMNI and AUTISM are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble ILLUMINANTS, the top score is 7, reached by 53. SMALL, LIMIT and MILLS are the familiar ones.
56 of 60 4-letter words from ILLUMINANTS tie at 6 points; none scores more. MAIL, MUST and MAIN will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words in ILLUMINANTS, 25 score 5 points, the group's best. ALL, ITS and MAN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of ILLUMINANTS but one, change that one, and you get:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; LAMININS, LUMINIST, MINUTIAL, SIMULANT, STILLMAN and TALLISIM (10 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ILLUMINANTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ILLUMINANTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 306) | 244 | 305 | 225 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LUMINANTS, LUMINANT, LIMAILS, AUMILS, LIMAIL, MALIST, MANULS, MASLIN, MISTAL, SAMITI, SIMIAL, TAMINS and 49 more, 61 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LAMININS, LAMININ, SANTIMU, UNINSTALL, SALUMI, SANTIM, UNINSTAL, LUMAS, MANIS, INSULA, LUMA, MANI and 7 more, 19 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: MULTI.