288 words come out when you unscramble LANTHANIDE, starting with LANTHANIDE itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
L12A1N12T1H43A1N12I1D2E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from LANTHANIDE split into 1 with 10 letters, 6 with 8, 11 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2. None has 9 letters.
13 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble LANTHANIDE tie at 10 points; none scores more. DETAIL, HANDLE and DENTAL will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from LANTHANIDE, 10 score 9 points, the group's best. DEATH, AHEAD and DELTA are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words made with LANTHANIDE letters; 14 of them share the top score of 8. DATE, DATA and THEN are everyday picks.
4 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble LANTHANIDE tie at 7 points; none scores more. HAD, END and HIT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of LANTHANIDE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with LA · ending in DE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HANDLINE and NAILHEAD (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept LANTHANIDE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANTHANIDE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 288) | 222 | 288 | 204 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HIELAND, HAINED, LITHED, THALIAN, ADHAN, AHIND, ANEATH, HEALD, LATHEN, TANNAH, THANNA, AHENT and 54 more, 66 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HANDLINE, ETHANAL, HADEAN, TAHINA, AHED, HAINT, THALI, LINTED, NIDATE, AHI, IDENT, LAH and 6 more, 18 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of LANTHANIDE plus a single extra one.