259 words come out when you unscramble INSECTAN, starting with INSECTAN itself: 10 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 10 points: ANCIENTS, CANNIEST and INSTANCE. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from INSECTAN by length: 4 with 8 letters, 15 with 7, 42 with 6, 59 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Among 42 6-letter words from INSECTAN, the top score is 8, reached by 27. TENNIS, INSECT and INSANE are the familiar ones.
Of the 59 5-letter words you get when you unscramble INSECTAN, 27 score 7 points, the group's best. SAINT, CENTS and SATIN are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from INSECTAN; 34 of them share the top score of 6. CASE, EAST and NICE are everyday picks.
12 of 60 3-letter words in INSECTAN tie at 5 points; none scores more. CAN, ITS and SET will look familiar.
Keep every letter of INSECTAN but one, change that one, and you get:
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INSECTAN first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
INSECTAN works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| INSECTAN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 259) | 204 | 256 | 190 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 52 of them: CANIEST, ANETIC, ENIACS, NEANIC, SCIENT, CANNS, ENIAC, NANITES, SCEAT, TANNIES, TICES, AESC and 40 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: INCENTS, CENTAI, CENTAS, INCENT, ETICS, SEITAN, SINNET, TECS, TEC, TEINS, TIANS, NAES and 5 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 3 of them: NANCIES, NANCES and NANCE.
Each word below uses all the letters of INSECTAN and one more.