Words Containing SANTA

Q: What is the highest-scoring word containing SANTA?

SANTALACEOUS is worth 14 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are SANTALIC (10), SANTALINS (9), SANTALOLS (9).

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All Words Containing SANTA 8 words

How often does SANTA appear in words?

Our combined English word list has 8 words containing SANTA. Most are 8 letters long, they average 8.9 points and the best is SANTALACEOUS (14 points).

Total words: 8
Most common length: 8 letters; 3 words
Average Scrabble score: 8.9; out of 14 max
Longest word: SANTALACEOUS; 12 letters
Most common ending: S; 50% of words

Most common last letters

s 50%
l 25%
c 12.5%

Top vowel pairs

eo12.5%
ou12.5%

Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.

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Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.

Highest-scoring word containing SANTA

s ₁a ₁n ₁t ₁a ₁l ₁a ₁c ₃e ₁o ₁u ₁s ₁

S 1 + A 1 + N 1 + T 1 + A 1 + L 1 + A 1 + C 3 + E 1 + O 1 + U 1 + S 1 = 14 points

Double word: 28 pts
Triple word: 42 pts

Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).

santalaceous

No dictionary definition on file. This is a valid game word that standard dictionaries rarely cover.

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