Unscramble LANTHANIDES and you have 363 words, LANTHANIDES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from LANTHANIDES by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 5 with 9, 20 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 36 with 2.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words made with LANTHANIDES letters: LANTHANIDE, for 14 points.
Of the 20 8-letter words you get when you unscramble LANTHANIDES, 6 score 12 points, the group's best.
Among 60 7-letter words from LANTHANIDES, the top score is 11, reached by 10. DETAILS, INSTEAD and HANDLES are the familiar ones.
60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble LANTHANIDES; 32 of them share the top score of 10. HANDLE, DEATHS and SHIELD are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words from LANTHANIDES, 31 score 9 points, the group's best. DEATH, HANDS and AHEAD are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words in LANTHANIDES; 22 of them share the top score of 8. HAND, HEAD and HELD are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words made with LANTHANIDES letters, the top score is 7, reached by 4. HAS, HAD and END are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of LANTHANIDES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with LA · ending in ES · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by HANDLINES and NAILHEADS (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. LANTHANIDES is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANTHANIDES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 363) | 294 | 363 | 264 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HIELAND, ADHANS, ANNALISED, EADISH, HAINED, HALSED, HEALDS, LITHED, SHITED, SITHED, TANALISED, TANNAHS and 57 more, 69 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HANDLINES, HANDLINE, ETHANALS, DELISH, ENDASH, ETHANAL, HADEAN, TAHINAS, ASHINE, DESHI, HAINTS, SHENAI and 18 more, 30 in all.