Unscramble SUSTAINING to get 279 words. SUSTAINING itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are SINUATING, STAININGS and UNSISTING, 10 points each. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SUSTAINING split into 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 10 with 8, 20 with 7, 45 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
Among 20 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SUSTAINING, the top score is 8, reached by 15. SUSTAIN, ISSUING and UNITING are the familiar ones.
Of the 45 6-letter words from SUSTAINING, 31 score 7 points, the group's best. TUNING, ASSIGN and SAINTS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words in SUSTAINING, the top score is 6, reached by 37. USING, SAINT and SIGNS are the familiar ones.
41 of 60 4-letter words made with SUSTAINING letters tie at 5 points; none scores more. SIGN, ANTI and TAGS will look familiar.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SUSTAINING, the top score is 4, reached by 22. ITS, SUN and GAS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of SUSTAINING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with SU · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
What SUSTAINING means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SUSTAINING 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSTAINING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 279) | 193 | 279 | 174 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 86 of them: STAININGS, UNSISTING, SAUNTING, STAUNING, UNITINGS, UNSATING, SAGUINS, SAUTING, SISTING, SITINGS, TANGUNS, UNSAINTS and 74 more. Words With Friends* skips 19 of them: SATINING, TUNINGS, UNSNAGS, ATIGIS, SUSING, TASING, UNSNAG, ATIGI, SIGNA, NUGS, SIGS, AGS and 7 more.
With one more tile, the letters of SUSTAINING spell the words below.