Jumble solved
Unscramble CITATION — 86 words
The letters CITATION rearrange into 1 full anagram and 86 words in total.
- Total words
- 86
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 8 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 4 : 4
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 4 vowels (I, A, I, O) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 4 remaining consonants (C, T, T, N).
citation in a sentence
“This horse load of citations and fathers.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of CITATION
One word uses all 8 letters:
- citation
8-letter words
1 word found- citation10
7-letter words
2 words found- taction9
- titanic9
6-letter words
7 words found- action8
- atonic8
- cation8
- intact8
- octant8
- otitic8
- titian6
5-letter words
18 words found- acini7
- actin7
- antic7
- attic7
- canto7
- coati7
- cotan7
- cotta7
- ionic7
- octan7
- ontic7
- tacit7
- tinct7
- tonic7
- natto5
+ 3 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
23 words found- cain6
- cant6
- ciao6
- cion6
- coat6
- coin6
- coni6
- icon6
- otic6
- taco6
- tact6
- anti4
- inia4
- inti4
- into4
+ 8 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
23 words found- act5
- can5
- cat5
- con5
- cot5
- oca5
- tic5
- ain3
- ait3
- ani3
- ant3
- att3
- ion3
- nit3
- not3
+ 8 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
12 words found- ai2
- an2
- at2
- in2
- it2
- na2
- no2
- oi2
- on2
- ta2
- ti2
- to2
Words hidden inside CITATION
Without moving a single letter, reading citation straight through uncovers 2 shorter words — ion, tat. The longest unbroken run is ion.
- ion3
- tat3
Related jumbles to try
Shorter words inside CITATION — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to CITATION
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and citation opens up 6 9-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
- citation10
- taction9
- titanic9
- action8
- atonic8
- cation8
- intact8
- octant8
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
8
Distinct
6
Vowels
50%
I, A, I, O
Consonants
50%
C, T, T, N
Solving CITATION: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters citation?
Rearranging the 8 letters in citation produces 86 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 8-letter answer citation here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does citation have any anagrams?
Using all 8 letters, citation rearranges into exactly one word: citation.
What is the longest word you can make from citation?
The longest solution is citation at 8 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from citation?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: citation yields act, ain, ait, ani, ant, att, can, cat, con and cot. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
How is the word "citation" used in a sentence?
Citation is itself a valid word. For example: "This horse load of citations and fathers." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from citation scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, citation is the top scorer from citation at 10 points, followed by taction (9), titanic (9) and action (8). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside citation?
Read left to right without moving any letters and citation already contains 2 shorter words: ion and tat. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is ion. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.