Unscramble STANCHNESS and you have 275 words, STANCHNESS itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 13: 5 of them, SNATCHES, CHASTENS and ENCHANTS included. The 10 letters split into 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from STANCHNESS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 5 with 8, 18 with 7, 53 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words made with STANCHNESS letters: SCANTNESS, for 11 points.
18 of 53 6-letter words from STANCHNESS tie at 11 points; none scores more. ASSETS, CHEATS and STANCE will look familiar.
Among 60 5-letter words from STANCHNESS, the top score is 10, reached by 20. CASES, TEACH and CHEST are the familiar ones.
12 of 60 4-letter words in STANCHNESS tie at 9 points; none scores more. THEN, EACH and CASE will look familiar.
Of the 58 3-letter words made with STANCHNESS letters, 4 score 8 points, the group's best. CAN, HAS and SET are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of STANCHNESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with ST · ending in SS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CHASTENS, ENCHANTS, SNATCHES and STANCHES (13 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
STANCHNESS is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STANCHNESS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 275) | 216 | 273 | 203 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 57 of them: STANCHNESS, SCHANSES, NATCHES, SCHANSE, CANEHS, SCATHS, CANEH, NACHE, SCATH, SECHS, SNEATHS, ASHETS and 45 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: CATHS, TECHS, CATH, ECHT, TECH, CENTAS, SESH, SHEN, AHS, TEC, ATS, EST and 3 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 2 of them: NANCES and NANCE.
With one more tile, the letters of STANCHNESS spell the words below.