22 words come out when you unscramble JACANAS, starting with JACANAS itself: 16 in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, JACANA leads with 15 points. 7 letters: 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of JACANAS in one turn: 66 in Scrabble (16 + 50), 55 in Words With Friends (20 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from JACANAS by length: 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 1 with 5, 6 with 4, 8 with 3 and 5 with 2.
JACANA is the only one of the 6-letter words in JACANAS; it scores 15 points.
There is a single one of the 5-letter words made with JACANAS letters: ASANA, 5 points.
Keep every letter of JACANAS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with JA · ending in AS · all 7-letter words
The meaning of JACANAS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept JACANAS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACANAS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 22) | 17 | 22 | 16 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 5 of them: JA, CAAS, CAA, ANS and NAS. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: SAN.