Unscramble INFECTANTS and you have 328 words, INFECTANTS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are FATISCENT and INFECTANT, 14 points each. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from INFECTANTS split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 14 with 8, 46 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
6 of 46 7-letter words you get when you unscramble INFECTANTS tie at 12 points; none scores more. FINANCE, INSTANT and ANCIENT will look familiar.
60 6-letter words from INFECTANTS; 7 of them share the top score of 11. STATIC, INFANT and FINEST are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words in INFECTANTS, the top score is 10, reached by 8. FACTS, FACES and CENTS are the familiar ones.
60 4-letter words made with INFECTANTS letters; 6 of them share the top score of 9. CASE, FAST and FACT are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble INFECTANTS, CAF leads with 8 points, then AFT and EFS on 6. CAN, ITS and ACT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of INFECTANTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with IN · ending in TS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by FANCIEST and FINANCES (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
INFECTANTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INFECTANTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 328) | 239 | 324 | 223 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INFECTANTS, FATISCENT, FINNACS, FACTIS, FINNAC, CANTIEST, ENFANTS, FAINNES, FANSITE, FASCI, FECIT, NAIFEST and 73 more, 85 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INFECTANT, FINCAS, FINCA, CAFS, INCENTS, CAF, CENTAI, CENTAS, FESTA, FINNA, INCENT, ETICS and 7 more, 19 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NANCIES, NANCES and NANCE, 3 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: FI.