232 words come out when you unscramble THORNTAIL, starting with THORNTAIL itself: 12 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of THORNTAIL is on the page: TRIATHLON, each 12 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
T1H43O1R1N12T1A1I1L12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from THORNTAIL by length: 2 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 4 with 7, 21 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 24 with 2.
HORNTAIL is the only one of the 8-letter words made with THORNTAIL letters; it scores 11 points.
21 6-letter words you get when you unscramble THORNTAIL; 6 of them share the top score of 9. THROAT, TAILOR and RATION are everyday picks.
Among 60 5-letter words from THORNTAIL, the top score is 8, reached by 24. TOTAL, NORTH and TRAIN are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words in THORNTAIL, 35 score 7 points, the group's best. LOAN, ANTI and HAIR are the ones most people know.
17 of 60 3-letter words made with THORNTAIL letters tie at 6 points; none scores more. NOT, ART and AIR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of THORNTAIL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with TH · ending in IL · all 9-letter words
What THORNTAIL means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept THORNTAIL, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| THORNTAIL itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 232) | 196 | 232 | 179 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 36 of them: ORTHIAN, AHINT, HIANT, LOHAN, THOLI, HAIN, HARN, HARO, LITH, NOAH, RATTLIN, TANH and 24 more. Words With Friends* skips 17 of them: THORNTAIL, ANTHRO, HAINT, HALON, THALI, AHI, LAH, LARNT, LOTTA, NATTO, TOLAR, TORTA and 5 more.
With one more tile, the letters of THORNTAIL spell the words below.