261 words come out when you unscramble TARANTULAS, starting with TARANTULAS itself: 10 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, TARANTULA and TARLATANS lead with 9 points. 10 letters: 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from TARANTULAS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 2 with 9, 9 with 8, 19 with 7, 48 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 15 with 2.
All 48 of the 6-letter words from TARANTULAS score 6 points. STRATA, SULTAN and ASTRAL are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words made with TARANTULAS letters come to 60, each scoring 5 points. START, ATLAS and SAUNA are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble TARANTULAS score 4 points. LAST, STAR and ARTS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of TARANTULAS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with TA · ending in AS · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; TARLATANS (9 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. TARANTULAS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TARANTULAS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 261) | 188 | 261 | 171 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: TALAUNTS, ANATTAS, ANTARAS, LATRANT, TALANTS, TALAUNT, ANATAS, ANATTA, ANTARA, ANTARS, ARNUTS, ASTART and 61 more, 73 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ARUANAS, ARUANA, ANURA, ASURA, LARNS, LARNT, NALAS, SALAT, SALUT, LARN, LATU, LUNS and 5 more, 17 in all.