Unscramble SUSTAIN and you have 145 words, SUSTAIN itself among them: it scores 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 7 points: ISSUANT. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. SUSTAIN as a single 7-tile play makes 57 in Scrabble, 7 plus the 50 bonus, and 44 in Words With Friends (9 + 35).
NAUSSIT unscrambles to SUSTAIN: these are all the words its letters make. Looking for sstiuna, sianuts, sitsuna, assintu, astinus, astiuns, tassniu, atnusis, isaunts or istunas? They use the same letters as SUSTAIN, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SUSTAIN by length: 2 with 7 letters, 8 with 6, 35 with 5, 45 with 4, 39 with 3 and 16 with 2.
All 35 of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SUSTAIN score 5 points. UNITS, SAINT and SUITS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 45 4-letter words from SUSTAIN scores 4. UNIT, ANTI and SUIT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SUSTAIN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with SU · ending in IN · all 7-letter words
SUSTAIN first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SUSTAIN, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSTAIN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 145) | 105 | 145 | 96 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ASTUNS, SAUNTS, STAUNS, TUINAS, AITUS, ASTUN, INUST, NATIS, SAIST, SANTS, SAUNT, SAUTS and 28 more, 40 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: STANS, TIANS, STAN, TIAN, UNIS, ATS, SAN, SUS and UNI, 9 in all.
These 10 words take every letter of SUSTAIN plus a single extra one.