Unscramble SCANTINESS and you have 322 words, SCANTINESS itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SCANTINESS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 6 with 9, 12 with 8, 44 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Among 44 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SCANTINESS, the top score is 9, reached by 23. ANCIENT and INSECTS are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 6-letter words from SCANTINESS, 37 score 8 points, the group's best. ASSETS, ASSIST and SAINTS are the ones most people know.
35 of 60 5-letter words from SCANTINESS tie at 7 points; none scores more. CASES, SAINT and ASSET will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in SCANTINESS, 38 score 6 points, the group's best. CASE, EAST and NICE are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words made with SCANTINESS letters; 12 of them share the top score of 5. CAN, ITS and SET are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SCANTINESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SC · ending in SS · all 10-letter words
SCANTINESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SCANTINESS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCANTINESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 322) | 257 | 319 | 240 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 62 of them: CANTINESS, ECSTASIS, CANIEST, CASSIES, ANETIC, CASSIE, CITESS, ENIACS, NEANIC, SAINTESS, SCEATS, SCIENT and 50 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: CASSINES, ANTSINESS, CASSINE, INCENTS, CENTAI, CENTAS, INCENT, ETICS, SEITANS, SINNETS, SEITAN, TECS and 8 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 3 of them: NANCIES, NANCES and NANCE.
This word takes every letter of SCANTINESS plus a single extra one.