17 words come out when you unscramble WANS, starting with WANS itself: 7 in Scrabble, 8 in Words With Friends. WANS has 4 anagrams here, AWNS, SAWN, SNAW and SWAN, scoring 7 like WANS itself. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 6 points, WAS, SAW and WAN among them. 4 letters: 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from WANS by length: 5 with 4 letters, 8 with 3 and 4 with 2.
Keep every letter of WANS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 4-letter words: starting with WA · ending in NS · all 4-letter words
WANS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
WANS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WANS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 17) | 15 | 17 | 14 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 2 of them: ANS and NAS. Words With Friends* skips 1 of them: SAN.
These 12 words take every letter of WANS plus a single extra one.