Unscramble WITHSTANDER and you have 398 words, WITHSTANDER itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. 11 letters: 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from WITHSTANDER by length: 1 with 11 letters, 1 with 10, 11 with 9, 48 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 37 with 2.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words made with WITHSTANDER letters: HANDWRITES, for 17 points.
Of the 48 8-letter words from WITHSTANDER, 5 score 15 points, the group's best. STRAINED and HESITANT are the ones most people know.
Among 60 7-letter words you get when you unscramble WITHSTANDER, the top score is 14, reached by 6. HANDSET, HARDEST and STEWARD are the familiar ones.
11 of 60 6-letter words made with WITHSTANDER letters tie at 13 points; none scores more. DEATHS, WASHER and WASHED will look familiar.
HAWED, WHIDS and WIDTH share the top score of 12 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble WITHSTANDER. WHITE, DEATH and HANDS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words from WITHSTANDER is WHID, 11 points; HAWS and HEWN on 10 follow. HARD, HAND and HEAD are everyday picks.
HAW, HEW and WHA share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words in WITHSTANDER. NEW, WAS and HAS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of WITHSTANDER but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with WI · ending in ER · all 11-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by DISHWATER, INSWATHED and WITHSTAND (16 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
In Scrabble, yes: WITHSTANDER is playable in Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| WITHSTANDER itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 398) | 331 | 398 | 313 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
67 of the 398 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WITHSTANDER, TARWHINES, SWATHIER, TARWHINE, THAWIEST, THWAITES, WHITRETS, WHITSTER, DAWISH, HAWSED, INTERDASH, STREWTH and 55 more. 18 of the 398 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SHERWANI, HANDSIER, DEHAIRS, HANDERS, SHARTED, SHIRTED, THERIANS, WRENTITS, DEHAIR, SHWA, DESHI, AHED and 6 more.
This word takes every letter of WITHSTANDER plus a single extra one.