Unscramble NATIS and you have 64 words, NATIS itself among them: it scores 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. It has 7 anagrams at 5 points each, among them ANTIS, SAINT and SATIN. It has 5 letters, 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from NATIS by length: 8 with 5 letters, 20 with 4, 24 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Keep every letter of NATIS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with NA · ending in IS · all 5-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ANTIS, SAINT, SATIN, STAIN, TAINS and TIANS (5 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts NATIS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NATIS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 64) | 48 | 64 | 43 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NATIS, TINAS, ISNA, ITAS, NATS, SANT, TAIS, TINA, ANS, ITA, NAS, NAT and 4 more, 16 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TIANS, STAN, TIAN, ATS and SAN, 5 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of NATIS plus a single extra one.