Unscramble TANTALUMS to get 232 words. TANTALUMS itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 15 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
T1A1N12T1A1L12U12M34S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from TANTALUMS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 10 with 7, 28 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 17 with 2.
17 of 28 6-letter words from TANTALUMS tie at 8 points; none scores more. MANUAL, MUTANT and SULTAN will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TANTALUMS, 28 score 7 points, the group's best. ATLAS, SAUNA and NATAL are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from TANTALUMS, the top score is 6, reached by 40. LAST, MUST and MATS are the familiar ones.
20 of 53 3-letter words in TANTALUMS tie at 5 points; none scores more. MAN, SUN and SAT will look familiar.
Keep every letter of TANTALUMS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TA · ending in MS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of TANTALUMS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
TANTALUMS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TANTALUMS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 232) | 165 | 232 | 150 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
67 of the 232 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MANATUS, MATATUS, TAMANUS, AMAUTS, MANATU, MANULS, MASULA, MATATU, TALAUNTS, TALMAS, TAMANU, TUTMAN and 55 more. 15 of the 232 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: MANATS, LUMAS, MANAT, LUMA, MASA, TUMS, NALAS, SALAT, SALUT, TUM, UMS, LATU and 3 more.