Unscramble SUBTENDS to get 182 words. SUBTENDS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1U12B34T1E1N12D2S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SUBTENDS split into 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 16 with 6, 45 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Of the 45 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SUBTENDS, 10 score 8 points, the group's best. SENDS, TUBES and DEBUT are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from SUBTENDS; 8 of them share the top score of 7. USED, BEST and SEND are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of SUBTENDS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SU · ending in DS · all 8-letter words
SUBTENDS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SUBTENDS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUBTENDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 182) | 155 | 182 | 140 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 27 of them: BEDUSTS, BEDUST, UNBEDS, BUNDE, DEBUS, UNBED, SNEBS, STENDS, SNEB, STEDS, STEND, STUDE and 15 more. Words With Friends* skips 15 of them: SUNBEDS, SUNBED, BUTES, TENDUS, SUSED, TENDU, BES, SENTS, EDS, ESTS, EST, SUS and 3 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of SUBTENDS and one more.