Unscramble SUSTENTION and you have 329 words, SUSTENTION itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 9 points, NUTTINESS, SNOUTIEST and SOSTENUTI among them. The 10 letters split into 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SUSTENTION split into 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 9, 16 with 8, 44 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 24 with 2.
All 44 of the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SUSTENTION score 7 points. TENSION is the one most people know.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words from SUSTENTION scores 6. SUITES, TENNIS and STONES are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 5-letter words made with SUSTENTION letters score 5 points. SITES, ISSUE and NOTES are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SUSTENTION scores 4. SITE, NOTE and NONE are everyday picks.
The 3-letter words from SUSTENTION come to 59, each scoring 3 points. NOT, ONE and OUT are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of SUSTENTION for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; NUTTINESS, SNOUTIEST and TINSTONES (9 points each) share the top spot.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SUSTENTION is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSTENTION itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 329) | 248 | 329 | 224 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SUSTENTION, SUSTINENT, NOUNIEST, SNOTTIES, TOUSIEST, INTUSES, NONETTI, OSTENTS, OUTNESS, SINUOSE, SNOTTIE, SONTIES and 69 more, 81 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: SINNETS, STETSON, STOTINS, NUTSOS, OUTIES, SINNET, STENTS, STOTIN, TENNOS, NONIS, NUTSO, OUTIE and 12 more, 24 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of SUSTENTION spell the words below.