Unscramble TAMPONS and you have 164 words, TAMPONS itself among them: it scores 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of TAMPONS are on the page: POSTMAN and TOPSMAN, each 11 points. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. All 7 tiles of TAMPONS in one turn: 61 in Scrabble (11 + 50), 49 in Words With Friends (14 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from TAMPONS by length: 3 with 7 letters, 6 with 6, 19 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 18 with 2.
8 of 60 4-letter words from TAMPONS tie at 8 points; none scores more. MOST, POST and PAST will look familiar.
Of the 58 3-letter words in TAMPONS, 5 score 7 points, the group's best. NOT, TOP and MAP are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of TAMPONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 7-letter words: starting with TA · ending in NS · all 7-letter words
What TAMPONS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
TAMPONS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAMPONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 164) | 140 | 164 | 126 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 24 of them: TOPSMAN, TOPMAN, MANTOS, ATMOS, MANTO, PONTS, APSO, APTS, MNAS, MONA, NAMS, POAS and 12 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: SPAM, SOMAN, APOS, OMAS, OPAS, APO, OMA, OPA, POS, PST, SOM, PO and 2 more.
These 5 words take every letter of TAMPONS plus a single extra one.