Hidden inside tantaluses sit sultanates and tantaluses, ten-letter plays tied at the top of this rack with 10 points in Scrabble apiece. In all, 377 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
sultanates and tantaluses tie for the highest Scrabble score from tantaluses at 10 points. The top 10 of 377 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
There are 2 ten-letter words hiding in tantaluses: one comes from rearranging its letters, and tantaluses itself is already a playable word with no unscrambling required. No common everyday answer stands out among these ten-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are sultanates and tantaluses, each worth 10 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling tantaluses produces exactly one nine-letter word: sultanate. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 9 points in Scrabble.
There are 6 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in tantaluses. No common everyday answer stands out among these eight-letter results, so let the score decide: the highest-scoring words are atlantes, sealants, sultanas, tantalus, tautness, and unstates, each worth 8 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in tantaluses produces 29 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with statues and talents. For points, the strongest plays are anlases, assault, atlases, attunes, eluants, latents, latests, lattens, lunates, nauseas, nutates, nutlets, saltant, saltest, salutes, sealant, sensual, stalest, statues, sultana, sultans, talents, taluses, tautens, tetanal, tetanus, unseals, unseats, and unstate — each worth 7 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling tantaluses turns up 57 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with anuses, latest, lattes, sanest, states, statue, and status. For points, the strongest plays are alants, alates, ansate, anuses, aslant, assent, astute, attune, eluant, lanate, latens, latent, latest, latten, lattes, lauans, leasts, lunate, lunets, nasals, nausea, nutate, nutlet, salats, salute, sanest, saults, saunas, sautes, slants, slates, stales, stanes, statal, states, statue, status, steals, stents, stunts, sultan, sunset, suttas, talent, tassel, tasset, tastes, taunts, tauten, teslas, tussal, tussle, unless, unseal, unseat, unsets, and usneas — each worth 6 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 98 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in tantaluses. If a familiar word is all you need, start with aunts, lanes, lasts, latte, leans, least, and nests. For points, the strongest plays are alane, alans, alant, alate, anlas, ansae, antae, antas, antes, asset, atlas, aunts, easts, elans, etnas, lanes, lases, lasts, laten, latte, lauan, leans, leant, least, lunas, lunes, lunet, lunts, lusts, lutea, lutes, nalas, nasal, natal, nates, neats, nests, netts, salat, sales, salsa, salts, salut, sanes, sates, sauls, sault, sauna, saute, seals, seats, sensa, sents, setal, setts, slant, slate, slats, slues, sluts, stale, stane, stans, state, stats, steal, stela, stent, stets, stuns, stunt, suets, sutta, taels, talas, tales, talus, tases, tasse, taste, tates, taunt, tauts, teals, teats, tents, tesla, testa, tests, tules, tunas, tunes, ulans, ulnae, ulnas, unlet, unset, and usnea — 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 tantaluses produces 106 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ants, anus, aunt, east, eats, lane, and last. For points, the strongest plays are aals, alae, alan, alas, ales, alts, anal, anas, anes, ansa, anta, ante, ants, anus, asea, ates, aunt, east, eats, elan, ests, etas, etna, lane, lase, lass, last, late, lats, latu, lean, leas, lens, lent, less, lest, lets, lues, luna, lune, luns, lunt, lust, lute, naes, nala, neat, ness, nest, nets, nett, nuts, sale, sals, salt, sane, sans, sate, saul, seal, seas, seat, sels, sent, seta, sets, sett, slat, slue, slut, stan, stat, stet, stun, sues, suet, suns, tael, tala, tale, tans, tase, tass, tate, tats, taus, taut, teal, teas, teat, tela, tels, tens, tent, test, tets, tule, tuna, tune, tuns, tuts, ulan, ulna, uses, utas, and utes — 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 tantaluses turns up 59 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with ant, ass, ate, eat, let, net, and nut. For points, the strongest plays are aal, aas, ala, ale, als, alt, ana, ane, ant, ass, ate, ats, att, eat, eau, els, ens, ess, est, eta, las, lat, lea, let, leu, lun, nae, net, nus, nut, sae, sal, san, sat, sau, sea, sel, sen, set, sue, sun, sus, tae, tan, tas, tat, tau, tea, tel, ten, tes, tet, tun, tut, uns, use, uta, ute, and uts — 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 19 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in tantaluses. If a familiar word is all you need, start with an, as, at, and us. For points, the strongest plays are aa, ae, al, an, as, at, el, en, es, et, la, na, ne, nu, ta, te, un, us, and ut — each worth 2 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
tantaluses 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.
tantaluses is one of two ten-letter words the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing tantaluses unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring plays from these letters are sultanates and tantaluses, worth 10 points in Scrabble, and nothing else built from tantaluses 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 tantaluses produce 377 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 2 ten-letter words, 1 nine-letter word, 6 eight-letter words, 29 seven-letter words, 57 six-letter words, 98 five-letter words, 106 four-letter words, 59 three-letter words and 19 two-letter words.