Unscramble RECOMBINANTS and you have 477 words, RECOMBINANTS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. It has 12 letters, 4 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from RECOMBINANTS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 11 with 10, 60 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 44 with 2.
RECOMBINANT is the only one of the 11-letter words in RECOMBINANTS; it scores 17 points.
6 of 11 10-letter words made with RECOMBINANTS letters tie at 14 points; none scores more. CONTAINERS will look familiar.
Among 60 9-letter words you get when you unscramble RECOMBINANTS, the top score is 15, reached by 5. CONTAINER, REACTIONS and CREATIONS are the familiar ones.
60 8-letter words from RECOMBINANTS; 8 of them share the top score of 14. ROMANTIC, CABINETS and COMBINES are everyday picks.
Among 60 7-letter words from RECOMBINANTS, the top score is 13, reached by 16. CABINET, COMBINE and AMBIENT are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 6-letter words in RECOMBINANTS, 17 score 12 points, the group's best. COMBAT, ATOMIC and BEACON are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words made with RECOMBINANTS letters; 4 of them share the top score of 11. BASIC, COMES and AMBER are everyday picks.
COMB scores highest among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RECOMBINANTS at 10 points, ahead of ACME and AMBO on 8. COME, CAME and ACTS are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words from RECOMBINANTS; 10 of them share the top score of 7. CAN, CAR and MAN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of RECOMBINANTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with RE · ending in TS · all 12-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; BROMANCES, BROMANTIC, COMBATERS and COMBINERS (15 points each) share the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RECOMBINANTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RECOMBINANTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 477) | 380 | 477 | 340 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 97 of them: COMBINATE, BETACISM, CISMONTANE, COMBIEST, MONACTINES, BICORNATE, CEMBRAS, COMARBS, COMBIER, COMBIES, CORAMINES, ESCRIBANO and 85 more. Words With Friends* skips 40 of them: BROMANCES, BROMANTIC, BROMANCE, BRAINSTEM, CARBONISE, NARCOTISM, BASCINET, BATONNIERS, CERIMANS, COMBIS, MARCONIS, NEMATICS and 28 more.