What SANCTION Means
- noun: formal and explicit approval“a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement”
- noun: a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards
- verb: give sanction to“I approve of his educational policies”
- verb: give authority or permission to
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SANCTION is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 A1 N1 C3 T1 I1 O1 N1.
Anagrams of SANCTION (5)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In SANCTION
243 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
7 letter words (12)
6 letter words (30)
ACTINSACTIONACTONSANIONSANOINTANTICSATONICCANNOTCANONSCANTONCANTOSCASINOCATIONCOATISCONIASCONINSCOTANSINCANTNASIONNASTICNATIONNITONSNOINTSOCTANSSANTONSCOTIASONANTTANNICTOCSINTONICS
5 letter words (53)
ACTINACTONANCONANIONANTICANTISASCOTATOCSCAINSCANNSCANONCANSOCANSTCANTOCANTSCIONSCOASTCOATICOATSCOINSCOITSCONIACONINCONNSCOSTACOTANICONSIOTASNATISNITONNOINTNONASNONISOCTANOCTASOINTSONTICOSTIASAINTSANTOSATINSCANTSCIONSONICSTAINSTOAISTOICSTONNTACOSTAINSTIANSTINASTONIC
4 letter words (75)
ACTSAINSAITSANISANNOANNSANONANTIANTSASCIATOCCAINCANNCANSCANTCASTCATSCIAOCIONCISTCITOCITSCOATCOINCOITCONICONNCONSCOSTCOTSICONINNSINTOIONSIOTAISNAITASNAINNANSNAOINAOSNATSNITSNONANONINOTAOASTOATSOCASOCTAOINTONSTOTICSAICSAINSANTSATISCANSCOTSNITSNOTSOCASTOATACOTAINTAISTANSTAOSTIANTICSTINATINSTOCSTONSTOSA
3 letter words (54)
ACTAINAISAITANIANNANSANTATSCANCATCISCITCONCOSCOTINNINSIONIOSISOITAITSNANNASNATNISNITNONNOSNOTOATOCAOISONSSACSAISANSATSICSINSITSOCSONSOTTAITANTAOTASTICTINTISTOCTON
2 letter words (19)
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