Hidden inside tankei is one standout: intake, a six-letter play worth 10 points in Scrabble — the ceiling for this rack. In all, 68 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
TANKEI isn’t a word itself: it unscrambles to INTAKE (noun), the act of taking in, worth 10 points in Scrabble.
intake is the highest-scoring word from tankei, worth 10 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 68 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Unscrambling tankei produces exactly one six-letter word: intake. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 5 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in tankei. If a familiar word is all you need, start with taken. For points, the strongest plays are taken and takin — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in tankei produces 23 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with kite, knit and neat. For points, 14 words tie at 8 points, including kite, knit and take.
Unscrambling tankei turns up 24 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ant, ate and eat. For points, 7 words tie at 7 points, including ink, kit and kae.
There are 15 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in tankei. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, at, in, and it. For points, the strongest plays are ka and ki — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
9 seven-letter words can be made using all the letters in tankei plus one additional letter.
Swap a single tile in tankei and you get a different six-letter rack with its own word list. None of these appear in the results above — they share 5 of the 6 letters, not all of them.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is intake, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and no other word from tankei 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 tankei produce 68 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 six-letter word, 5 five-letter words, 23 four-letter words, 24 three-letter words and 15 two-letter words.