184 words come out when you unscramble SCANTING, starting with SCANTING itself: 11 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. SCANTING has 1 anagram here, CANTINGS, scoring 11 like SCANTING itself. The best shorter words score 10: 4 of them, CASTING, CANTING and ACTINGS included. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
Looking for castingn? They use the same letters as SCANTING, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SCANTING by length: 2 with 8 letters, 8 with 7, 17 with 6, 33 with 5, 60 with 4, 50 with 3 and 14 with 2.
ACING and CANGS are the top 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SCANTING, 8 points each. SAINT, GIANT and GAINS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SCANTING, 4 score 7 points, the group's best. SIGN, ANTI and TAGS are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words from SCANTING, CAG and CIG tie for first at 6 points. CAN, ITS and ACT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SCANTING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SC · ending in NG · all 8-letter words
What SCANTING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SCANTING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCANTING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 184) | 140 | 184 | 128 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CANTINGS, CANGS, CAGS, CANG, CANNS, INGANS, NGATIS, TANGIS, CAG, CANN, CITS, GANTS and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CANINGS, CIGS, TASING, CIG, SIGNA, TIANS, AGS, GIS, SIG, ATS, GI and SAN, 12 in all.
These 6 words take every letter of SCANTING plus a single extra one.