142 words come out when you unscramble TANAGRAS, starting with TANAGRAS itself: 9 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
T1A1N12A1G23R1A1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from TANAGRAS by length: 1 with 8 letters, 3 with 7, 13 with 6, 40 with 5, 48 with 4, 28 with 3 and 9 with 2.
21 of 40 5-letter words from TANAGRAS tie at 6 points; none scores more. GRANT, RANTS and ANGST will look familiar.
Among 48 4-letter words you get when you unscramble TANAGRAS, the top score is 5, reached by 25. STAR, ARTS and TAGS are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of TANAGRAS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with TA · ending in AS · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by ASTANGA (8 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts TANAGRAS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TANAGRAS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 142) | 99 | 142 | 87 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 43 of them: TANAGRAS, TANAGRA, ANTARAS, ARGANS, RANGAS, AGAST, ANATAS, ANTARA, ANTARS, ARGAN, GANTS, RANGA and 31 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: ASTANGA, TANGAS, TARGAS, NAGAS, RANGS, TANGA, TARGA, NAGA, AGS, STAN, ATS and SAN.