Unscramble SALIENTIAN and you have 310 words, SALIENTIAN itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. ANALITIES and ANTIALIEN are the best of the shorter words, at 9 points. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SALIENTIAN by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 8 with 8, 35 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
Every one of the 35 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SALIENTIAN scores 7. ENTAILS, SALIENT and SEALANT are everyday picks.
The 6-letter words from SALIENTIAN come to 60, each scoring 6 points. LISTEN, SILENT and ALIENS are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SALIENTIAN score 5 points. LEAST, LINES and ATLAS are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words from SALIENTIAN come to 60, each scoring 4 points. LAST, EAST and LATE are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 3-letter words in SALIENTIAN scores 3. ITS, SET and LET are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of SALIENTIAN for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with SA · ending in AN · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ANALITIES and ANTIALIEN (9 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: SALIENTIAN is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALIENTIAN itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 310) | 250 | 310 | 237 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 60 of them: SALIENTIAN, ANNALISE, LATINISE, SANTALIN, ANTLIAE, EASTLIN, INSANIE, LINTIES, NANITES, STANIEL, STANNEL, TANNIES and 48 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: LATINAS, LINNIES, INNIES, INTELS, LATINA, SEITAN, SINNET, INNIE, INTEL, ATS, EST, SAN and 1 more.
These 5 words take every letter of SALIENTIAN plus a single extra one.