Unscramble TENAILS and you have 236 words, TENAILS itself among them: it scores 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. 8 anagrams of TENAILS are on the page, EASTLIN, ELASTIN and ENTAILS included; each is 7 points. The best shorter words score 6: 24 of them, LISTEN, SILENT and ALIENS included. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of TENAILS in one turn: 57 in Scrabble (7 + 50), 44 in Words With Friends (9 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from TENAILS by length: 9 with 7 letters, 24 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Every one of the 24 6-letter words made with TENAILS letters scores 6. LISTEN, SILENT and ALIENS are everyday picks.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TENAILS come to 60, each scoring 5 points. LEAST, LINES and SAINT are the familiar ones.
All 60 of the 4-letter words from TENAILS score 4 points. LIST, LAST and LINE are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 60 3-letter words from TENAILS scores 3. ITS, SET and LET are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of TENAILS, with one letter different:
More 7-letter words: starting with TE · ending in LS · all 7-letter words
TENAILS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept TENAILS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TENAILS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 236) | 195 | 236 | 185 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: EASTLIN, STANIEL, ELSIN, ENLIT, ISNAE, LANTS, LEATS, LENTI, NATIS, NEALS, NELIS, SAINE and 29 more, 41 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INTELS, SEITAN, INTEL, LITES, LIAS, NAES, ATS, EST, SAN and TE, 10 in all.
These 12 words take every letter of TENAILS plus a single extra one.