Unscramble TEOSINTE and you have 180 words, TEOSINTE itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 8 points: NOISETTE. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from TEOSINTE split into 2 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 14 with 6, 38 with 5, 60 with 4, 41 with 3 and 20 with 2.
All 38 of the 5-letter words from TEOSINTE score 5 points. NOTES, TEENS and STONE are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words you get when you unscramble TEOSINTE come to 60, each scoring 4 points. SITE, TEEN and NOTE are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of TEOSINTE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with TE · ending in TE · all 8-letter words
The meaning of TEOSINTE, and of the 6 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept TEOSINTE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEOSINTE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 180) | 131 | 180 | 119 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
49 of the 180 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NETTIES, SNOTTIE, TOEIEST, TONITES, ETTINS, NETTIE, OSTENT, SEITEN, TONIES, TONITE, ETENS, ETTIN and 37 more. 12 of the 180 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ONESIE, STOTIN, TENESI, STENT, TEINS, ESNE, STOT, TEIN, EST, TES, OI and TE.
Each word below uses all the letters of TEOSINTE and one more.