72 words come out when you unscramble MANHATTAN, starting with MANHATTAN itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. MAHANT is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
M34A1N12H43A1T1T1A1N12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from MANHATTAN by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 7, 8 with 6, 10 with 5, 19 with 4, 22 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Keep every letter of MANHATTAN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with MA · ending in AN · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; MAHANT (11 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. MANHATTAN 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANHATTAN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 72) | 48 | 72 | 46 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
24 of the 72 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ANATMAN, MAHA, TANNAH, THANNA, MATATA, THANA, ANNATTA, TAHA, TANH, TATH, ANATTA, HAN and 12 more. 2 of the 72 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MAHANT and MANAT.
Each word below uses all the letters of MANHATTAN and one more.