Unscramble SEMICONSONANT and you have 460 words, SEMICONSONANT itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is CONSONANTISM, 16 points. It has 13 letters, 5 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SEMICONSONANT split into 1 with 13 letters, 1 with 12, 14 with 10, 49 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 35 with 2. None has 11 letters.
CONSONANTISM is the only one of the 12-letter words made with SEMICONSONANT letters; it scores 16 points.
Of the 14 10-letter words in SEMICONSONANT, 5 score 14 points, the group's best. ECONOMISTS is the one most people know.
49 9-letter words from SEMICONSONANT; 15 of them share the top score of 13. INSTANCES, SANCTIONS and SEMANTICS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 8-letter words you get when you unscramble SEMICONSONANT, 25 score 12 points, the group's best. CONTAINS, INSTANCE and INNOCENT are the ones most people know.
60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SEMICONSONANT; 52 of them share the top score of 11. ACTIONS, INCOMES and CINEMAS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words from SEMICONSONANT, 50 score 10 points, the group's best. ACTION, INCOME and CINEMA are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words in SEMICONSONANT; 28 of them share the top score of 9. CASES, COMES and CANON are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words made with SEMICONSONANT letters, the top score is 8, reached by 18. CASE, COME and CAME are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SEMICONSONANT tie at 7 points; none scores more. CAN, MAN and MEN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of SEMICONSONANT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 13-letter words: starting with SE · ending in NT · all 13-letter words
Short meanings for the 6 highest-scoring answers, starting with CONSONANTISM (16 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: SEMICONSONANT 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEMICONSONANT itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 460) | 358 | 459 | 315 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SEMICONSONANT, CISMONTANE, MONACTINES, CAMSTONES, MONACTINE, ONCOSTMAN, ONCOSTMEN, SCOTOMIAS, SCOTOMIES, ACOSMIST, CAMSTONE, CANTONISES and 90 more, 102 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: EMOTICONS, CONNATIONS, EMOTICON, MOSCATOS, NEMATICS, ANTINOMES, COMSATS, CONNATION, ENACTIONS, MASONITES, METICAS, MOONINESS and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: CONSONANTISM.
With one more tile, the letters of SEMICONSONANT spell the words below.