306 words come out when you unscramble PLEONASTS, starting with PLEONASTS itself: 11 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. PLEONASTS has 1 anagram here, LAPSTONES, scoring 11 like PLEONASTS itself. The best shorter words score 10: 4 of them, APOSTLES, LAPSTONE and PLEONAST included. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from PLEONASTS by length: 2 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 33 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
26 of 33 7-letter words from PLEONASTS tie at 9 points; none scores more. TOPLESS, PLANETS and STAPLES will look familiar.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble PLEONASTS scores 8. PLANTS, POSTAL and PLANET are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words made with PLEONASTS letters come to 60, each scoring 7 points. PLANS, PANEL and PLANT are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PLEONASTS score 6 points. OPEN, PLAN and PAST are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words from PLEONASTS, the top score is 5, reached by 33. TOP, LET and LOT are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of PLEONASTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PL · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; APOSTLES and POLENTAS (10 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PLEONASTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLEONASTS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 306) | 252 | 306 | 234 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
54 of the 306 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: LAPSTONES, PLEONASTS, LAPSTONE, PLEONAST, PESANTS, POSNETS, POTALES, PEASON, PELONS, PELTAS, PESANT, PLASTE and 42 more. 18 of the 306 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: NOPALES, PANTSES, TAPLESS, PALEOS, PLEONS, PALEO, PLEON, STANOLS, APOS, OPAS, APO, OPA and 6 more.
These 4 words take every letter of PLEONASTS plus a single extra one.