antennae needs no unscrambling at all — the eight-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 8 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 43 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
antennae is the highest-scoring word from antennae, worth 8 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 43 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one eight-letter word uses the letters in antennae — and it is antennae itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 8 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling antennae produces exactly one seven-letter word: antenna. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 7 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling antennae produces exactly one six-letter word: neaten. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 6 points in Scrabble.
There are 6 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in antennae. If a familiar word is all you need, start with eaten. For points, the strongest plays are anent, antae, eaten, enate, nanna, and tenne — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in antennae produces 9 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with neat and teen. For points, the strongest plays are anna, anta, ante, etna, naan, nana, neat, nene, and teen — each worth 4 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling antennae turns up 15 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ant, ate, eat, net, tan, tea, and ten. For points, the strongest plays are ana, ane, ant, ate, eat, eta, nae, nan, nee, net, tae, tan, tea, tee, and ten — each worth 3 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 10 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in antennae. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an and at. For points, the strongest plays are aa, ae, an, at, en, et, na, ne, ta, and te — each worth 2 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Swap a single tile in antennae and you get a different eight-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 7 of the 8 letters, not all of them.
antennae is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 3-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
antennae is the only eight-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing antennae unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is antennae, worth 8 points in Scrabble, and no other word from antennae earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in antennae produce 43 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 eight-letter word, 1 seven-letter word, 1 six-letter word, 6 five-letter words, 9 four-letter words, 15 three-letter words and 10 two-letter words.