178 words come out when you unscramble NANITES, starting with NANITES itself: 7 in Scrabble, 9 in Words With Friends. 3 anagrams of NANITES are on the page: INANEST, STANINE and TANNIES, each 7 points. The best shorter words score 6: 15 of them, TENNIS, INSANE and SIENNA included. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. NANITES as a single 7-tile play makes 57 in Scrabble, 7 plus the 50 bonus, and 44 in Words With Friends (9 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from NANITES by length: 4 with 7 letters, 15 with 6, 32 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 19 with 2.
All 32 of the 5-letter words from NANITES score 5 points. SAINT, SATIN and STEIN are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble NANITES scores 4. SITE, EAST and SENT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of NANITES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with NA · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; INANEST and STANINE (7 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
NANITES is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NANITES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 178) | 134 | 178 | 120 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 44 of them: NANITES, TANNIES, NANITE, SANNIE, TANNIE, ISNAE, NATIS, SAINE, SIENT, STEAN, TINAS, AINE and 32 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: SEITAN, SINNET, TEINS, TIANS, NAES, STAN, TASE, TEIN, TIAN, ATS, EST, SAN and 2 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of NANITES and one more.