Unscramble TEARSTAINS and you have 385 words, TEARSTAINS itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from TEARSTAINS split into 1 with 10 letters, 13 with 9, 48 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
The 8-letter words made with TEARSTAINS letters come to 48, each scoring 8 points. ARTISANS is the familiar one.
All 60 of the 7-letter words from TEARSTAINS score 7 points. ARTISTS, INSERTS and RETAINS are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble TEARSTAINS scores 6. ARTIST, INSERT and RETAIN are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TEARSTAINS come to 60, each scoring 5 points. AREAS, ASSET and INTER are the familiar ones.
Every one of the 60 4-letter words from TEARSTAINS scores 4. AREA, EAST and ARTS are everyday picks.
All 60 of the 3-letter words in TEARSTAINS score 3 points. ARE, ITS and ART are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of TEARSTAINS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with TE · ending in NS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ASTATINES, ATTAINERS, REATTAINS, SANITATES, SANTERIAS, SEATRAINS, STRAITENS and TARTINESS (9 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. TEARSTAINS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEARSTAINS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 385) | 300 | 384 | 276 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 84 of them: RATTINESS, RESINATAS, TANAISTES, ENTRISTS, RESIANTS, RESINATA, SNARIEST, STARNIES, STRAINTS, TANAISTE, TARTANES, TARTINES and 72 more. Words With Friends* skips 24 of them: SANTERIAS, TARTINESS, ARTESIAN, SANTERAS, SANTERIA, AETATIS, ARTSIES, SANTERA, SARNIES, SARSNET, SEITANS, ARTSIE and 12 more. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ITER.
These 2 words take every letter of TEARSTAINS plus a single extra one.