Unscramble SUBJACENT and you have 249 words, SUBJACENT itself among them: it scores 20 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. SUBJECT and ABJECTS are the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1U12B34J810A1C34E1N12T1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from SUBJACENT by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 10 with 7, 36 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in SUBJACENT: JUNCATES, 17 points.
ABJECT tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBJACENT at 17 points; next come BEJANT and BUNJES on 15. ABSENT, STANCE and ASCENT will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from SUBJACENT, 5 score 14 points, the group's best. CAUSE, ABUSE and BEAST are the ones most people know.
5 of 60 4-letter words made with SUBJACENT letters tie at 13 points; none scores more. JUST, BEST and CASE will look familiar.
JAB scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBJACENT at 12 points, ahead of JET and JEU on 10. CAN, BUT and ACT are the ones most people know.
These 3 words have the length of SUBJACENT, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with SU · ending in NT · all 9-letter words
The 4 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by SUBJECT (18 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SUBJACENT is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBJACENT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 249) | 198 | 249 | 182 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ABJECTS, JUNCATES, BEJANTS, JUNCATE, BEJANT, BUNJES, JACENT, JUBATE, BAJUS, BUNJE, CAJUN, BAJU and 38 more, 50 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CUBESAT, BANCS, BANC, CENTAS, UNCAST, BUNAS, BUTES, CENTU, BAES, BUNA, BAE, BES and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Scrabble US: CUNTS.