Unscramble QUATERNIONS to get 414 words. QUATERNIONS itself is a real word: 20 points on a Scrabble board, 23 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
Q10U12A1T1E1R1N12I1O1N12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from QUATERNIONS by length: 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 10, 12 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 38 with 2.
Among the 10-letter words in QUATERNIONS, ORTANIQUES and QUATERNION tie for first at 19 points.
60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble QUATERNIONS; 18 of them share the top score of 17. QUESTION, ANTIQUES and EQUATION are everyday picks.
Among 60 7-letter words from QUATERNIONS, the top score is 16, reached by 29. NATIONS, ANTIQUE and NEURONS are the familiar ones.
46 of 60 6-letter words in QUATERNIONS tie at 15 points; none scores more. QUOTES, SQUARE and SQUIRT will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words made with QUATERNIONS letters, 33 score 14 points, the group's best. QUOTE, QUITE and QUIET are the ones most people know.
6 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble QUATERNIONS tie at 13 points; none scores more. EAST, ARTS and AUTO will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from QUATERNIONS, 5 score 12 points, the group's best. NOT, ARE and ITS are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of QUATERNIONS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 11-letter words: starting with QU · ending in NS · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ORTANIQUES (19 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept QUATERNIONS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUATERNIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 414) | 322 | 414 | 301 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
92 of the 414 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: QUANTISER, NARQUOIS, QUANNETS, QUOITERS, EQUANTS, QUANNET, QUAREST, QUOITER, REQUITS, EQUANT, QUAIRS, QUATES and 80 more. 21 of the 414 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ORTANIQUES, INQUORATE, ORTANIQUE, REQUINTOS, QUANTISE, REQUINTO, QUORATE, QUESO, QIS, QI, NONARIES, NORTENAS and 9 more.
This word takes every letter of QUATERNIONS plus a single extra one.