Unscramble TARANTULAE to get 266 words. TARANTULAE itself is a real word: 10 points on a Scrabble board, 13 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is TARANTULA, 9 points. The 10 letters split into 5 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from TARANTULAE split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 4 with 8, 15 with 7, 47 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 21 with 2.
TARANTULA is the only one of the 9-letter words made with TARANTULAE letters; it scores 9 points.
The 6-letter words from TARANTULAE come to 47, each scoring 6 points. NATURE, RENTAL and LATTER are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 5-letter words from TARANTULAE score 5 points. LEARN, LATER and ALERT are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words in TARANTULAE come to 60, each scoring 4 points. REAL, AREA and RATE are the familiar ones.
All 57 of the 3-letter words made with TARANTULAE letters score 3 points. ARE, ART and LET are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of TARANTULAE for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 10-letter words: starting with TA · ending in AE · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ALTERANT, TARLATAN and TARLETAN (8 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. TARANTULAE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TARANTULAE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 266) | 202 | 266 | 192 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
64 of the 266 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ALTERNAT, LATRANT, NATURAE, TALAUNT, TARTANE, TAUREAN, TRENTAL, ALTERN, ANATTA, ANTARA, AUNTER, LUTTEN and 52 more. 10 of the 266 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ARUANA, ANURA, LARNT, LARN, LATU, NALA, NARE, LUN, UTE and TE.