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Words containing ANS

Words that have the letters ANS in a row, in that order: handy when a board square or a clue gives you a chunk to build around. All playable on Wordtide's board. There are 1,287 playable words containing ANS in Wordtide's English dictionary. The most common length is 12 letters, and the longest word is AUTOTRANSFORMER. The highest-scoring is CHURCHMANSHIPS, worth 29 points.

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Popular words containing ANS

MATHEMATICIANS22
TRANSFORMATION19
TRANSFORMING18
EXPANSION17
TRANSFORMED17
TRANSFERRING16
POLITICIANS15
TRANSFERRED15
TRANSFORMS15
TRANSMISSIONS15
TRANSMITTING15
TRANSPORTING15
MUSICIANS14
PEDESTRIANS14
TRANSACTIONS14
TRANSCRIPT14
TRANSFORM14
TRANSMISSION14

Highest-scoring words containing ANS

Points are Wordtide tile values before bonus squares. Rare letters pay most: J, Q and Z are worth 9, X is 7.

CHURCHMANSHIPS29
CHAZZANS28
CHURCHMANSHIP28
DIBENZOFURANS28
POZZOLANS27
SCYPHOZOANS27
EXPANSIVENESSES27
OMBUDSMANSHIPS26
OVEREXPANSIONS26
TRANSPARENTIZED26
EXPANSIVELY25
EXPANSIVENESS25

4-letter words containing ANS (11)

ANSA4
BANS6
CANS6
FANS7
MANS6
NANS4
PANS6
SANS4
TANS4
VANS8
WANS7

5-letter words containing ANS (40)

ALANS5
ANSAE5
AZANS13
BEANS7
BRANS7
CANSO7
CANST7
CLANS7
CYANS9
DEANS6
ELANS5
FLANS8
GLANS6
GRANS6
GUANS7
HANSA7
HANSE7
JEANS13
KHANS10
KOANS8
LEANS5
LOANS5
MANSE7
MEANS7
MOANS7
NAANS5
PANSY9
PEANS7
PIANS7
PLANS7
ROANS5
SCANS7
SPANS7
SWANS8
TANSY7
TRANS5
ULANS6
WEANS8
YEANS7
YUANS8

6-letter words containing ANS (73)

ANSWER9
ATMANS8
AVIANS10
BOGANS9
BURANS9
CANSOS8
CLEANS8
COTANS8
DAMANS9
DEDANS8
DEWANS10
DIVANS11
DIWANS10
FURANS10
GLEANS7
GOBANS9
GOWANS10
GROANS7
HANSAS8
HANSEL8
HANSES8
HANSOM10
HAZANS16
HOGANS9
HONANS8
HUMANS11
JAPANS16
JAWANS17
LEMANS8
LIMANS8
MANSES8
OCEANS8
OCTANS8
ORGANS7
PAEANS8
PAGANS9
PAVANS12
PECANS10
PEKANS11
PYRANS10
QUEANS15
RANSOM8
REMANS8
ROMANS8
ROWANS9
SEDANS7
SEWANS9
SKEANS9
SOWANS9
SPEANS8
TITANS6
TOMANS8
UHLANS9
UNBANS9
UNMANS9
VEGANS11
WIGANS10
WOMANS11
XYLANS14
YULANS9

The 60 most common shown, 13 rarer words not listed. All 6-letter words

7-letter words containing ANS (121)

AFGHANS13
AJOWANS18
ANSWERS10
ASHCANS11
BANSHEE11
BANSHIE11
BANYANS11
BEDPANS12
BEMEANS11
BEMOANS11
BROGANS10
CAFTANS12
CAIMANS11
CANCANS11
CANSFUL13
CAPTANS11
CAYMANS13
CHANSON11
CHAZANS19
CLEANSE9
CORBANS11
DEEWANS11
DEMEANS10
DIOXANS14
EXPANSE15
FIRMANS12
FRYPANS14
GLYCANS12
HANSOMS11
HAZZANS25
JORDANS16
KAFTANS13
KANBANS12
KURGANS12
MANSARD10
MANSION9
MEDIANS10
ORPHANS11
PANSIES9
PECHANS13
RAGLANS8
RANSACK12
RANSOMS9
RATTANS7
RYOKANS12
SAMPANS11
SEXTANS13
SHAMANS11
SIMIANS9
SLOGANS8
SULTANS8
SUNTANS8
SYLVANS13
TARTANS7
TARZANS15
TOUCANS10
TRANSIT7
TRANSOM9
TURBANS10
TYMPANS13

The 60 most common shown, 61 rarer words not listed. All 7-letter words

8-letter words containing ANS (121)

ALLOXANS14
ANSWERED12
ARTISANS8
BANSHEES12
BARCHANS14
BODHRANS13
BOGBEANS13
BRECHANS14
CAPSTANS12
CARAVANS14
CHAZZANS28
CLACHANS14
CLAYPANS14
CLEANSED11
CLEANSER10
CLEANSES10
CRUCIANS13
CYPRIANS14
DEADPANS12
DEANSHIP13
DEXTRANS15
DISHPANS13
DUSTPANS12
EXPANSES16
FIREPANS13
GENTIANS9
HARIJANS18
HEXOSANS16
LESBIANS10
MANSARDS11
MANSIONS10
MINIVANS14
OTTOMANS10
OVERMANS14
PAMPEANS14
PANSOPHY16
PAPHIANS14
PELICANS12
PEMICANS14
PURITANS11
QUADRANS18
QUARTANS17
QUINTANS17
RANSACKS13
RANSOMED11
RUFFIANS15
SANSERIF11
SCANSION10
SOYBEANS12
SWANSKIN14
TRANSACT10
TRANSEPT10
TRANSFER11
TRANSFIX17
TRANSITS8
TRANSMIT10
TRANSOMS10
VETERANS12
XANTHANS16
ZYMOSANS20

The 60 most common shown, 61 rarer words not listed. All 8-letter words

9-letter words containing ANS (159)

AGRARIANS10
ANSWERING13
BARTIZANS19
BLUEJEANS20
BOHEMIANS15
BRYOZOANS21
BUCKBEANS19
CARDIGANS13
CESAREANS11
CETACEANS13
CIVILIANS15
CLEANSERS11
CLEANSING12
COMEDIANS14
CONQUIANS20
COTQUEANS20
DIOCESANS12
EXPANSION17
EXPANSIVE21
GUARDIANS12
HARRIDANS12
HOOLIGANS12
JERRYCANS21
LOGICIANS12
MAGICIANS14
MARZIPANS21
MERGANSER12
MERIDIANS12
MUSICIANS14
OPTICIANS13
PARTISANS11
PLEBEIANS13
POLYZOANS21
POZZOLANS27
PUBLICANS16
RANSACKED15
RANSOMING12
SAUCEPANS14
SUBHUMANS17
SUBURBANS15
TALISMANS11
THESPIANS13
TOBOGGANS13
TRANSACTS11
TRANSCEND12
TRANSEPTS11
TRANSFERS12
TRANSFORM14
TRANSFUSE13
TRANSIENT9
TRANSITED10
TRANSLATE9
TRANSMITS11
TRANSMUTE12
TRANSPIRE11
TRANSPORT11
TRANSPOSE11
TRANSSHIP13
TRIMARANS11
WINGSPANS15

The 60 most common shown, 99 rarer words not listed.

10-letter words containing ANS (143)

AMPHIBIANS18
ANSWERABLE15
BARBARIANS14
CATAMARANS14
CHARLATANS14
CLINICIANS14
COLLEGIANS13
COURTESANS13
CUSTODIANS14
DALMATIANS13
EPICUREANS15
EXPANSIONS18
HISTORIANS12
JELLYBEANS22
LEVIATHANS16
LIBRARIANS12
MAMMALIANS16
MANSERVANT16
MORTICIANS14
ORANGUTANS12
PATRICIANS14
PENMANSHIP18
PHYSICIANS18
PROTOZOANS20
PTARMIGANS15
RANSACKING16
SEAMANSHIP16
SUFFRAGANS18
TACTICIANS14
TRANSACTED13
TRANSCENDS13
TRANSCRIBE14
TRANSCRIPT14
TRANSDUCER14
TRANSFIXED20
TRANSFIXES19
TRANSFORMS15
TRANSFUSED15
TRANSFUSES14
TRANSGRESS11
TRANSIENCY14
TRANSIENTS10
TRANSISTOR10
TRANSITING11
TRANSITION10
TRANSITIVE14
TRANSITORY12
TRANSLATED11
TRANSLATES10
TRANSLATOR10
TRANSMUTED14
TRANSPIRED13
TRANSPIRES12
TRANSPLANT12
TRANSPORTS12
TRANSPOSED13
TRANSPOSES12
TRANSSHIPS14
TRANSVERSE14
UNANSWERED15

The 60 most common shown, 83 rarer words not listed.

11-letter words containing ANS (137)

BEAUTICIANS16
BENZOFURANS25
CRUSTACEANS16
EQUESTRIANS20
EXPANSIVELY25
EXPANSIVITY25
FOREMANSHIP20
GRAMMARIANS16
HOUSECLEANS16
JUBILARIANS22
LIFEMANSHIP20
MYCETOZOANS25
PEDESTRIANS14
POLITICIANS15
REPUBLICANS18
SCYPHOZOANS27
SEMINARIANS13
SHENANIGANS14
SHOWMANSHIP22
SUBCLAVIANS20
TECHNICIANS17
THEOLOGIANS14
TRANSACTING14
TRANSACTION13
TRANSCEIVER17
TRANSCENDED15
TRANSCRIBED16
TRANSCRIBES15
TRANSCRIPTS15
TRANSDUCERS15
TRANSFERALS14
TRANSFERRED15
TRANSFIGURE16
TRANSFINITE14
TRANSFIXING21
TRANSFORMED17
TRANSFORMER16
TRANSFUSING16
TRANSFUSION15
TRANSISTORS11
TRANSITIONS11
TRANSLATING12
TRANSLATION11
TRANSLATORS11
TRANSLUCENT14
TRANSMITTAL13
TRANSMITTED14
TRANSMITTER13
TRANSMUTING15
TRANSPARENT13
TRANSPIRING14
TRANSPLANTS13
TRANSPONDER14
TRANSPORTED14
TRANSPORTER13
TRANSPOSING14
TRANSSEXUAL18
TRANSVERSES15
VEGETARIANS16
WORKMANSHIP23

The 60 most common shown, 77 rarer words not listed.

12-letter words containing ANS (164)

ACADEMICIANS19
ANTIQUARIANS21
BRINKMANSHIP23
CENTENARIANS14
CHAIRMANSHIP22
EGALITARIANS13
ELECTRICIANS16
EXPANSIONIST20
GAMESMANSHIP21
GUARDIANSHIP19
HORSEMANSHIP20
INTRANSIGENT13
INTRANSITIVE16
LIBERTARIANS14
MANSLAUGHTER18
MARKSMANSHIP23
MUSICIANSHIP21
NONPARTISANS14
PARTISANSHIP18
PHONETICIANS18
PROLETARIANS14
RHETORICIANS16
SALESMANSHIP18
TRANSACTIONS14
TRANSCEIVERS18
TRANSCENDENT15
TRANSCENDING16
TRANSCRIBING17
TRANSFERABLE17
TRANSFERENCE17
TRANSFERRING16
TRANSFIGURED18
TRANSFIGURES17
TRANSFORMERS17
TRANSFORMING18
TRANSFUSIONS16
TRANSGRESSED14
TRANSGRESSES13
TRANSGRESSOR13
TRANSITIONAL12
TRANSITIVELY18
TRANSLATIONS12
TRANSLUCENCE17
TRANSMIGRATE15
TRANSMISSION14
TRANSMITTERS14
TRANSMITTING15
TRANSOCEANIC16
TRANSPARENCY18
TRANSPLANTED15
TRANSPONDERS15
TRANSPORTERS14
TRANSPORTING15
TRANSSEXUALS19
TRANSSHIPPED19
TRANSVERSELY18
TRANSVESTISM18
TRANSVESTITE16
UNANSWERABLE18
UTILITARIANS13

The 60 most common shown, 104 rarer words not listed.

How common are they?

1,287 of the 167,814 words on Wordtide's English board (0.77%) are containing ANS. Most of them, 164, have 12 letters. 14 start with ANS, 634 end with it and 639 have it only in the middle.

Words containing similar letters

Every word comes from the ENABLE public-domain word list that Wordtide's English board uses, with offensive words removed. Numbers next to a word are its points from our own letter values.

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Questions

How many words are there containing ANS?

Wordtide's English dictionary (the public-domain ENABLE list without offensive words) has 1,287 words containing ANS, from 4 to 15 letters long.

What is the highest-scoring word containing ANS?

CHURCHMANSHIPS, worth 29 points with Wordtide letter values before bonus squares. Close behind: CHAZZANS (28), CHURCHMANSHIP (28) and DIBENZOFURANS (28).

What are the most common words containing ANS?

MATHEMATICIANS, TRANSFORMATION, TRANSFORMING, EXPANSION, TRANSFORMED and TRANSFERRING. These are the everyday ones, ranked by how familiar they are in ordinary English.

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