Unscramble tanka

Unscramble TANKA and you have 21 words, TANKA itself among them: it scores 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 8 points, TANK, TAKA and KANA among them. 5 letters: 2 vowels and 3 consonants.

Looking for atkan, kanta, katan, aatnk, akant, kntaa, natak, tanak, nakat or takna? They use the same letters as TANKA, so the words on this page are their answers too.

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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.

Possible Words From tanka

By length, the words from TANKA split into 1 with 5 letters, 7 with 4, 7 with 3 and 6 with 2.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with tanka

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4 Letter Words You Can Make with tanka

5 of 7 4-letter words in TANKA tie at 8 points; none scores more. TANK and TAKA will look familiar.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with tanka

Among the 3-letter words made with TANKA letters, AKA, KAT and TAK tie for first at 7 points. TAN is an everyday pick.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with tanka

Among the 2-letter words from TANKA, KA leads with 6 points, then AA and AN on 2. AT is the familiar one.

Change One Tile in TANKA

Trade one tile of TANKA for another and you can spell these 6 words:

A H gives THANK · unscramble thank
A E gives TAKEN · words from taken
K L gives NATAL · words from natal
N I gives AKITA · unscramble akita
N P gives PATKA · unscramble patka
T F gives NAKFA · unscramble nakfa

More 5-letter words: starting with TA · ending in KA · all 5-letter words

What the Best TANKA Words Mean

What TANKA means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.

Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends

TANKA 9 · 10: a Japanese verse form
KANA 8 · 9: the Japanese syllabic script
KATA 8 · 8: an exercise of set movements
TAKA 8 · 8: a monetary unit of Bangladesh
TANK 8 · 9: to store in a container usually for liquids
KAT 7 · 7: an evergreen shrub
KA 6 · 6: the spiritual self of a human being in Egyptian religion
ANTA 4 · 5: a pilaster formed at the termination of a wall

Can You Play TANKA in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept TANKA, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.

Game	Scrabble US	Scrabble UK	Words With Friends*
TANKA itself	Yes	Yes	Yes
Answers accepted (of 21)	16	21	16

* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.

Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: KANT, AKA, TAK, TANA and NAT, 5 in all.

Longer Words Built on TANKA

Each word below uses all the letters of TANKA and one more.

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