Jumble solved
Is IRRITANTS a word? Yes.
IRRITANTS is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 9 letters, worth 9 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 138 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 138
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 9 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 3 : 6
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 3 vowels (I, I, A) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 6 remaining consonants (R, R, T, N, T, S).
Anagrams of IRRITANTS
One word uses all 9 letters:
- irritants
9-letter words
1 word found8-letter words
1 word found7-letter words
2 words found6-letter words
16 words found+ 1 more 6-letter word
5-letter words
33 words found+ 18 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
41 words found+ 26 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
32 words found+ 17 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
12 words foundWords hidden inside IRRITANTS
Without moving a single letter, reading irritants straight through uncovers 4 shorter words — irritant, ants, ant, tan. The longest unbroken run is irritant.
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Shorter words inside IRRITANTS — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to IRRITANTS
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and irritants opens up 1 10-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
9
Distinct
6
Vowels
33%
I, I, A
Consonants
67%
R, R, T, N, T, S
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Solving IRRITANTS: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters irritants?
Rearranging the 9 letters in irritants produces 138 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 9-letter answer irritants here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does irritants have any anagrams?
Using all 9 letters, irritants rearranges into exactly one word: irritants.
What is the longest word you can make from irritants?
The longest solution is irritants at 9 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from irritants?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: irritants yields ain, air, ais, ait, ani, ant, ars, art, 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.
Which word from irritants scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, irritants is the top scorer from irritants at 9 points, followed by irritant (8), titians (7) and transit (7). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside irritants?
Read left to right without moving any letters and irritants already contains 4 shorter words: irritant, ants, ant and tan. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is irritant. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.