Unscramble SAMARITANS to get 306 words. SAMARITANS itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SAMARITAN leads with 11 points. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SAMARITANS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 10 with 8, 37 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 17 with 2.
SAMARITAN is the only one of the 9-letter words made with SAMARITANS letters; it scores 11 points.
25 of 37 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SAMARITANS tie at 9 points; none scores more. STRAINS, ARTISAN and STAMINA will look familiar.
60 6-letter words from SAMARITANS; 34 of them share the top score of 8. MARINA, SAINTS and MANTRA are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words made with SAMARITANS letters, the top score is 7, reached by 52. SMART, MARIA and MANIA are the familiar ones.
47 of 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SAMARITANS tie at 6 points; none scores more. MAIN, ANTI and MASS will look familiar.
Of the 60 3-letter words from SAMARITANS, 21 score 5 points, the group's best. ITS, ART and MAN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SAMARITANS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SA · ending in NS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with AMANITAS, MANTISSA, MARANTAS, MARTIANS, SATANISM and TAMARINS (10 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SAMARITANS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAMARITANS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 306) | 238 | 306 | 218 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 68 of them: AMARANTS, AMARANT, ARTSMAN, MANAIAS, MANATIS, SAMAANS, TAMARAS, MANAIA, MANATI, MATAIS, MINARS, SAMAAN and 56 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: AMRITS, MANATS, RAMINS, SANTIM, AMRIT, MANAT, MANIS, MARAS, MASAS, RAMIN, STIMS, MANI and 8 more.