301 words come out when you unscramble SUSTENANCE, starting with SUSTENANCE itself: 12 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1U12S1T1E1N12A1N12C34E1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from SUSTENANCE split into 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 5 with 8, 35 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
20 of 35 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SUSTENANCE tie at 9 points; none scores more. CANTEEN and NUANCES will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from SUSTENANCE, 37 score 8 points, the group's best. SENATE, CENSUS and CAUSES are the ones most people know.
41 of 60 5-letter words in SUSTENANCE tie at 7 points; none scores more. CASES, CAUSE and SCENE will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with SUSTENANCE letters, 34 score 6 points, the group's best. CASE, EAST and CAST are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SUSTENANCE, the top score is 5, reached by 11. CAN, USE and SEE are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of SUSTENANCE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with SU · ending in CE · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ACUTENESS (11 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SUSTENANCE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSTENANCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 301) | 237 | 299 | 222 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
60 of the 301 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: UNCESSANT, UNCASTS, AESCES, CAUSEN, CTENES, SCEATS, TUSSAC, UNCATE, CAESE, CANNS, CESSE, CTENE and 48 more. 19 of the 301 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: CANTUSES, CASSENE, CENTAS, UNCAST, CENTU, TECS, ESNES, NENES, TEC, ESNE, ESSE, ESTS and 7 more. 2 of the 301 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: NANCES and NANCE. 2 of the 301 answers are missing from Scrabble US: CUNTS and CUNT.
Each word below uses all the letters of SUSTENANCE and one more.