344 words come out when you unscramble LANTHANOIDS, starting with LANTHANOIDS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. The 11 letters split into 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
L12A1N12T1H43A1N12O1I1D2S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from LANTHANOIDS split into 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 10, 8 with 9, 16 with 8, 40 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 36 with 2.
DANTHONIAS and LANTHANOID are the top 10-letter words in LANTHANOIDS, 14 points each.
Among the 8-letter words you get when you unscramble LANTHANOIDS, ANTHODIA, HANDLIST and SHITLOAD tie for first at 12 points. NATIONAL is an everyday pick.
Among 40 7-letter words from LANTHANOIDS, the top score is 11, reached by 6. NATIONS is the familiar one.
12 of 60 6-letter words from LANTHANOIDS tie at 10 points; none scores more. ISLAND, INLAND and DISTAL will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words in LANTHANOIDS, 21 score 9 points, the group's best. HANDS, HOLDS and HINTS are the ones most people know.
20 of 60 4-letter words made with LANTHANOIDS letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. HAND, HOLD and HOST will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble LANTHANOIDS, the top score is 7, reached by 5. HAS, HAD and OLD are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of LANTHANOIDS but one, change that one, and you get:
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The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ANTHODIA, HALATIONS, HANDLIST, INHALANTS and SHITLOAD (12 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US accepts LANTHANOIDS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANTHANOIDS itself | Yes | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 344) | 265 | 342 | 230 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 79 of them: DANTHONIAS, DANTHONIA, DALTONIANS, ADHANS, DONAHS, DOTISH, TAIHOAS, TANNAHS, THALIAN, THANNAS, ADHAN, AHIND and 67 more. Words With Friends* skips 33 of them: SHITLOAD, DALTONIAN, SHINOLA, TAHINAS, DOSHA, HAINTS, HALONS, ODAHS, TAHINA, THALIS, DOHS, DOSH and 21 more. Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: LANTHANOIDS and LANTHANOID.