Unscramble STAINOB and you get 190 words; STAINOB itself is not one of them. The best are OBTAINS, BASTION and BONITAS at 9 points each. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from STAINOB by length: 3 with 7 letters, 8 with 6, 35 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
22 of 35 5-letter words from STAINOB tie at 7 points; none scores more. SAINT, BOATS and BASIN will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble STAINOB, 36 score 6 points, the group's best. ANTI, BOAT and BITS are the ones most people know.
60 3-letter words made with STAINOB letters; 24 of them share the top score of 5. NOT, ITS and BIT are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of STAINOB but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with OB · ending in NS · all 7-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by BASTION, BONITAS and OBTAINS (9 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
None of the three games accepts STAINOB itself. Its letters still make 190 playable words, split by game below.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STAINOB itself | No | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 190) | 148 | 188 | 141 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BONIST, ABSIT, BANTS, BASON, BASTI, BASTO, BITOS, TABIS, BANT, BAOS, BIST, BITO and 30 more, 42 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OBAS, SOBA, OBA, TIANS, ATS, SAN and OI, 7 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINTS and BINT, 2 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of STAINOB plus a single extra one.