Unscramble SILENTS and you have 164 words, SILENTS itself among them: it scores 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. 3 anagrams of SILENTS are on the page: ENLISTS, LISTENS and TINSELS, each 7 points. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of SILENTS in one turn: 57 in Scrabble (7 + 50), 44 in Words With Friends (9 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SILENTS by length: 4 with 7 letters, 17 with 6, 45 with 5, 53 with 4, 32 with 3 and 13 with 2.
All 45 of the 5-letter words from SILENTS score 5 points. SITES, LINES and LISTS are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SILENTS come to 53, each scoring 4 points. SITE, LIST and LINE are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of SILENTS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with SI · ending in TS · all 7-letter words
What SILENTS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SILENTS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SILENTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 164) | 128 | 164 | 118 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 36 of them: ELSINS, SIENTS, SILENS, STEILS, ELSIN, ENLIT, LENTI, LESTS, NELIS, NISSE, SEILS, SENSI and 24 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: INTELS, INTEL, LITES, SENTS, TEINS, ESTS, TEIN, EST, TES and TE.
These 12 words take every letter of SILENTS plus a single extra one.