Unscramble STERILANTS and you have 399 words, STERILANTS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 12 reach 9 points, RESISTANT, RATTINESS and RATTLINES among them. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from STERILANTS split into 1 with 10 letters, 12 with 9, 60 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
The 8-letter words in STERILANTS come to 60, each scoring 8 points.
All 60 of the 7-letter words from STERILANTS score 7 points. RENTALS, ARTISTS and INSERTS are the ones most people know.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble STERILANTS come to 60, each scoring 6 points. LATEST, ARTIST and ALERTS are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble STERILANTS scores 5. ALERT, ASSET and INTER are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 4-letter words from STERILANTS score 4 points. EAST, ARTS and ANTI are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 3-letter words in STERILANTS scores 3. ARE, ITS and ART are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of STERILANTS but one, change that one, and you get:
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Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SLANTIEST, SLATTERNS, SNARLIEST, STRAITENS, TAINTLESS, TARTINESS and TRAINLESS (9 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
STERILANTS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| STERILANTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 399) | 320 | 398 | 304 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
78 of the 399 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RATTINESS, RATTLINES, REINSTALS, EASTLINS, ENTRISTS, LARNIEST, RATTLINE, RATTLINS, REINSTAL, RESIANTS, SLAISTER, SLANTERS and 66 more. 16 of the 399 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SLANTIEST, TARTINESS, TRAINLESS, SLANTIER, ARTSIES, LATTERS, ARTSIE, INTELS, INTEL, ARIE, ESTS, LARN and 4 more. 1 of the 399 answers is missing from Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
With one more tile, the letters of STERILANTS spell the words below.