Unscramble RESISTANT and you have 351 words, RESISTANT itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. It has 3 anagrams, each with the same 9 points: RATTINESS, STRAITENS and TARTINESS. 25 shorter words score 8, among them NITRATES, TRANSITS and NASTIEST. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
R1E1S1I1S1T1A1N12T1
Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from RESISTANT by length: 4 with 9 letters, 25 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
The 8-letter words in RESISTANT come to 25, each scoring 8 points.
Every one of the 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble RESISTANT scores 7. ARTISTS, STRAINS and INSERTS are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words from RESISTANT come to 60, each scoring 6 points. ARTIST, SISTER and INSERT are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words from RESISTANT scores 5. RATES, RAISE and ASSET are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 4-letter words in RESISTANT score 4 points. RATE, EAST and ARTS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 3-letter words made with RESISTANT letters scores 3. ARE, ITS and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of RESISTANT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with RE · ending in NT · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with STRAITENS and TARTINESS (9 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept RESISTANT, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESISTANT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 351) | 277 | 350 | 254 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RATTINESS, ENTRISTS, RESIANTS, SNARIEST, STARNIES, STRAINTS, TARTINES, ARSIEST, ASTERTS, ENTRIST, RESIANT, SAIREST and 61 more, 73 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TARTINESS, ARTSIES, SARNIES, SARSNET, SEITANS, STATINS, STRINES, ARTSIE, RESITS, SARNIE, SEITAN, REAIS and 11 more, 23 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 12 words take every letter of RESISTANT plus a single extra one.