Unscramble NORTHEASTS and you have 357 words, NORTHEASTS itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from NORTHEASTS split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 23 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
Of the 23 8-letter words in NORTHEASTS, 12 score 11 points, the group's best. SENATORS, SHORTEST and TOASTERS are the ones most people know.
60 7-letter words from NORTHEASTS; 37 of them share the top score of 10. ANOTHER, REASONS and SENATOR are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble NORTHEASTS score 9 points. SHARES, THREAT and HORSES are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble NORTHEASTS scores 8. OTHER, NORTH and SHARE are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words from NORTHEASTS come to 60, each scoring 7 points. HOST, HEAR and HEAT are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words in NORTHEASTS, 31 score 6 points, the group's best. ARE, HAS and ART are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of NORTHEASTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with NO · ending in TS · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by RHEOSTATS (12 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept NORTHEASTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHEASTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 357) | 284 | 357 | 260 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 73 of them: ASTHORES, HAROSETS, THATNESS, THORNSET, ASTHORE, HAROSET, HARTENS, HOTTERS, RATHEST, SHASTER, SHOTTES, SNEATHS and 61 more. Words With Friends* skips 24 of them: ANTHROS, ANTHRO, HOSERS, SHARTS, HOSER, SANTEROS, SHART, SHERO, HAOS, HOSS, OSETRAS, OSSETRA and 12 more.
This word takes every letter of NORTHEASTS plus a single extra one.