Jumble solved
Is DISTANT a word? Yes.
DISTANT is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 7 letters, worth 8 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 97 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 97
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 7 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 2 : 5
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 2 vowels (I, A) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 5 remaining consonants (D, S, T, N, T).
distant in a sentence
“One board had two tenons, equally distant.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of DISTANT
One word uses all 7 letters:
- distant
7-letter words
1 word found- distant58
6-letter words
4 words found5-letter words
16 words found+ 1 more 5-letter word
4-letter words
31 words found+ 16 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
31 words found+ 16 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
14 words foundWords hidden inside DISTANT
Without moving a single letter, reading distant straight through uncovers 4 shorter words — stan, ant, dis, tan. The longest unbroken run is stan.
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Shorter words inside DISTANT — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to DISTANT
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and distant opens up 1 8-letter word. 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).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
7
Distinct
6
Vowels
29%
I, A
Consonants
71%
D, S, T, N, T
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Solving DISTANT: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters distant?
Rearranging the 7 letters in distant produces 97 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 7-letter answer distant here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does distant have any anagrams?
Using all 7 letters, distant rearranges into exactly one word: distant.
What is the longest word you can make from distant?
The longest solution is distant at 7 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from distant?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: distant yields ads, aid, ain, ais, ait, and, ani, ant, ats and att. 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 "distant" used in a sentence?
Distant is itself a valid word. For example: "One board had two tenons, equally distant." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from distant scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, distant is the top scorer from distant at 58 points, followed by statin (6), taints (6) and tanist (6). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside distant?
Read left to right without moving any letters and distant already contains 4 shorter words: stan, ant, dis and tan. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is stan. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.