Unscramble SLANTWISE to get 314 words. SLANTWISE itself is a real word: 12 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, LAWNIEST, SWALIEST and WESTLINS lead with 11 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SLANTWISE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 9 with 8, 38 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
15 of 38 7-letter words in SLANTWISE tie at 10 points; none scores more. WITNESS, ENTAILS and LISTENS will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from SLANTWISE, 29 score 9 points, the group's best. LISTEN, SAINTS and ALIENS are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SLANTWISE come to 60, each scoring 8 points. WASTE, WANTS and WINES are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words in SLANTWISE scores 7. NEWS, WANT and WEST are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words made with SLANTWISE letters, the top score is 6, reached by 23. NEW, WAS and ITS are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of SLANTWISE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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Here is what the 7 strongest answers mean; AWNLESS, LAWINES, TAWNIES, WALIEST, WANIEST, WINLESS and WINTLES (10 points each) share the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SLANTWISE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLANTWISE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 314) | 253 | 314 | 236 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 61 of them: LAWNIEST, SWALIEST, WESTLINS, AWNIEST, WALISES, WANTIES, WASTELS, WESTLIN, LAWEST, LAWINS, SEWINS, SWEALS and 49 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: WALIEST, SWILES, SWINES, WITANS, SWILE, WALIE, WALIS, WETAS, SEITANS, WALI, WETA, INTELS and 5 more.
With one more tile, the letters of SLANTWISE spell the words below.