Unscramble LANTHANOID to get 252 words. LANTHANOID itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 16 in Words With Friends. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
L12A1N12T1H43A1N12O1I1D2
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from LANTHANOID by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 6 with 8, 6 with 7, 27 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 29 with 2.
DAHLIA and HALOID share the top score of 10 among the 6-letter words from LANTHANOID. NATION and INLAND are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words in LANTHANOID; 8 of them share the top score of 9. NINTH, LOHAN and NATAL are everyday picks.
10 of 60 4-letter words made with LANTHANOID letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. DATA, HAND and LAND will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble LANTHANOID, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. HAD, OLD and HOT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of LANTHANOID for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with LA · ending in ID · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ANTHODIA (12 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: LANTHANOID is playable in Scrabble US. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANTHANOID itself | Yes | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 252) | 187 | 251 | 169 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 65 of them: DANTHONIA, THALIAN, ADHAN, AHIND, DONAH, TAIHOA, TANNAH, THANNA, AHINT, DHOL, HIANT, HILD and 53 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: DALTONIAN, TAHINA, HAINT, HALON, ODAH, THALI, DOH, AHI, ATONIA, LAH, LATINA, DINO and 5 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: LANTHANOID.
This word takes every letter of LANTHANOID plus a single extra one.