Unscramble STANZES and you have 128 words, STANZES itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. STANZE and ZANTES are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of STANZES in one turn: 66 in Scrabble (16 + 50), 52 in Words With Friends (17 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from STANZES split into 1 with 7 letters, 7 with 6, 28 with 5, 43 with 4, 34 with 3 and 15 with 2.
Among 28 5-letter words made with STANZES letters, the top score is 14, reached by 7. ASSET, SEATS and NESTS are the familiar ones.
5 of 43 4-letter words from STANZES tie at 13 points; none scores more. EAST, SENT and SETS will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of STANZES, with one letter different:
More 7-letter words: starting with ST · ending in ES · all 7-letter words
The 5 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ZESTS and ZETAS (14 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts STANZES, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STANZES itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 128) | 91 | 128 | 74 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: STANZES, STANZE, ZANTES, ASSEZ, NAZES, SAZES, SENZA, ZANTE, NAZE, ZEAS, SAZ, ZEA and 25 more, 37 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ZENS, SEZ, ZAS, ZEN, ZA, SENTS, STANS, TASES, ESTS, NAES, STAN, TASE and 5 more, 17 in all.
These 3 words take every letter of STANZES plus a single extra one.