Unscramble TANTALUS and you have 152 words, TANTALUS itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 8 points: TALAUNTS. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
Looking for lastaunt, sultanat or tunsatal? They use the same letters as TANTALUS, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from TANTALUS split into 2 with 8 letters, 4 with 7, 11 with 6, 38 with 5, 51 with 4, 33 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Every one of the 38 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TANTALUS scores 5. ATLAS, SAUNA and NATAL are everyday picks.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble TANTALUS come to 51, each scoring 4 points. LAST, SALT and NUTS are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of TANTALUS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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TANTALUS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. TANTALUS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TANTALUS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 152) | 113 | 152 | 103 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 39 of them: TALAUNTS, TALANTS, TALAUNT, SANTAL, STATUA, TALANT, TUTSAN, UNLAST, ASTUN, ATUAS, AULAS, LANAS and 27 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: NALAS, SALAT, SALUT, LATU, LUNS, NALA, STAN, ATS, LUN and SAN.
These 3 words take every letter of TANTALUS plus a single extra one.