Unscramble LANTERNIST and you have 360 words, LANTERNIST itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
L12A1N12T1E1R1N12I1S1T1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from LANTERNIST by length: 1 with 10 letters, 6 with 9, 27 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
All 27 of the 8-letter words in LANTERNIST score 8 points. INTERNAL, INTRANET and ENTRANTS are the ones most people know.
The 7-letter words you get when you unscramble LANTERNIST come to 60, each scoring 7 points. RENTALS, INSTANT and LANTERN are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 6-letter words from LANTERNIST score 6 points. LATEST, ARTIST and LINEAR are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words made with LANTERNIST letters scores 5. ALERT, INNER and INTER are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble LANTERNIST score 4 points. EAST, ARTS and ANTI are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 3-letter words from LANTERNIST scores 3. ARE, ITS and ART are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of LANTERNIST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with LA · ending in ST · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by INTERNALS and INTRANETS (9 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LANTERNIST 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANTERNIST itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 360) | 296 | 359 | 280 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LANTERNIST, RATTLINES, ANTIENTS, LARNIEST, RATTLINE, RATTLINS, REINSTAL, TARTINES, TRENTALS, ANTIENT, EASTLIN, ENTRAIL and 51 more, 63 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INTRANETS, INTRANET, SLANTIER, TRANNIES, LATTERS, ARTSIE, INTELS, INTEL, LARNS, LARNT, ARIE, LARN and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
With one more tile, the letters of LANTERNIST spell the words below.