367 words come out when you unscramble SANCTIONING, starting with SANCTIONING itself: 14 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 14 points: CANTONISING and INCOGNISANT. It has 11 letters, 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SANCTIONING by length: 3 with 11 letters, 7 with 10, 13 with 9, 33 with 8, 49 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
The 11-letter words in SANCTIONING are 3: SANCTIONING itself and 2 anagrams, INCOGNISANT and CANTONISING. Each scores 14 points.
7 10-letter words made with SANCTIONING letters; 6 of them share the top score of 13. CONTAINING is an everyday pick.
13 of 33 8-letter words you get when you unscramble SANCTIONING tie at 11 points; none scores more. CONTAINS, SCANNING and COATINGS will look familiar.
49 7-letter words in SANCTIONING; 14 of them share the top score of 10. ACTIONS, NATIONS and CONTAIN are everyday picks.
Among 60 6-letter words made with SANCTIONING letters, the top score is 9, reached by 18. ACTION, CASINO and ACTING are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SANCTIONING; 7 of them share the top score of 8. COAST, CANON and COSTA are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from SANCTIONING, the top score is 7, reached by 6. COST, ICON and CAST are the familiar ones.
CAG, CIG and COG share the top score of 6 among the 3-letter words in SANCTIONING. CAN, ITS and GOT are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of SANCTIONING, with one letter different:
More 11-letter words: starting with SA · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
What SANCTIONING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SANCTIONING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANCTIONING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 367) | 282 | 367 | 259 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 85 of them: CANTONISING, INCOGNISANT, NONACTINGS, ANICONIST, ANOINTINGS, CANTINGS, COININGS, CONNINGS, COTISING, NICOTIANS, AGNOSIC, ANGICOS and 73 more. Words With Friends* skips 23 of them: ACTIONING, COGNISANT, COTINGAS, CANINGS, COTINGA, SATINING, STANNING, TIGNONS, ASCON, ATIGIS, CIGS, ATIGI and 11 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of SANCTIONING and one more.