Unscramble TABANIDS and you have 200 words, TABANIDS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
T1A1B34A1N12I1D2S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from TABANIDS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 14 with 6, 42 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 20 with 2.
5 of 42 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TABANIDS tie at 8 points; none scores more. STAND, SAINT and BANDS will look familiar.
60 4-letter words from TABANIDS; 7 of them share the top score of 7. DATA, SAID and BAND are everyday picks.
Of the 58 3-letter words in TABANIDS, 4 score 6 points, the group's best. ITS, BAD and BIT are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of TABANIDS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with TA · ending in DS · all 8-letter words
What TABANIDS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept TABANIDS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TABANIDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 200) | 146 | 198 | 137 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 54 of them: ABANDS, IBADAT, ABAND, AIDANTS, BANIAS, BASANT, ABID, ABSIT, AIDANT, BAISA, BANIA, BANTS and 42 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: BANDAS, BANDA, DANS, TIANS, DAN, DAS, ATS, DA and SAN. Scrabble UK skips 2 of them: BINTS and BINT.
With one more tile, the letters of TABANIDS spell the words below.