161 words come out when you unscramble TERTIAN, starting with TERTIAN itself: 7 in Scrabble, 8 in Words With Friends. It has 5 anagrams, each with the same 7 points: INTREAT, ITERANT, NATTIER, NITRATE and TARTINE. 10 shorter words score 6, among them RETAIN, ATTIRE and RETINA. It has 7 letters, 3 vowels and 4 consonants. TERTIAN as a single 7-tile play makes 57 in Scrabble, 7 plus the 50 bonus, and 43 in Words With Friends (8 + 35).
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from TERTIAN by length: 6 with 7 letters, 10 with 6, 32 with 5, 53 with 4, 43 with 3 and 17 with 2.
All 32 of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble TERTIAN score 5 points. TRAIN, TREAT and INTER are the ones most people know.
Every one of the 53 4-letter words from TERTIAN scores 4. RATE, NEAR and ANTI are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of TERTIAN, with one letter different:
More 7-letter words: starting with TE · ending in AN · all 7-letter words
TERTIAN first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. TERTIAN 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| TERTIAN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 161) | 125 | 160 | 118 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 35 of them: TARTINE, TERTIA, ARETT, EARNT, ETTIN, INTRA, RAINE, TANTI, TATIE, TRANT, AINE, ARET and 23 more. Words With Friends* skips 7 of them: TETRI, ARIE, NARE, TEIN, TIAN, RAI and TE. Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: ITER.
Each word below uses all the letters of TERTIAN and one more.