What SANCTIONS Means
SANCTIONS is a form of SANCTION, which 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
SANCTIONS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 A1 N1 C3 T1 I1 O1 N1 S1.
Anagrams of SANCTIONS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In SANCTIONS
310 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.
8 letter words (8)
7 letter words (21)
ACTINONACTIONSANOINTSATONICSCAISSONCANTIONCANTONSCASINOSCASSINOCATIONSCONSISTCONTAININCANTSNASIONSNATIONSONANISTSANTONSSCOTIASSONANTSSTANNICTOCSINS
6 letter words (42)
ACTINSACTIONACTONSANIONSANOINTANTICSASCOTSATONICCANNOTCANONSCANSOSCANTONCANTOSCASINOCATIONCOASTSCOATISCONIASCONINSCOTANSINCANTNASIONNASTICNATIONNITONSNOINTSOCTANSSAINTSSANTONSANTOSSATINSSCANTSSCIONSSCOTIASONANTSONICSSTAINSSTOICSSTONNSTANNICTOCSINTONICS
5 letter words (74)
ACTINACTONANCONANIONANTICANTISASCOTASSOTATOCSCAINSCANNSCANONCANSOCANSTCANTOCANTSCASTSCIONSCISTSCOASTCOATICOATSCOINSCOITSCONIACONINCONNSCOSTACOSTSCOTANICONSIOTASNATISNITONNOINTNONASNONISOASISOASTSOCTANOCTASOINTSONTICOSSIAOSTIASAICSSAINSSAINTSAISTSANTOSANTSSASINSATINSATISSCANSSCANTSCATSSCIONSCOTSSNITSSNOTSSOCASSONICSTAINSTOAISTOASSTOICSTONNTACOSTAINSTIANSTINASTONICTOSAS
4 letter words (90)
ACTSAINSAITSANISANNOANNSANONANTIANTSASCIATOCCAINCANNCANSCANTCASTCATSCIAOCIONCISTCITOCITSCOATCOINCOITCONICONNCONSCOSSCOSTCOTSICONINNSINTOIONSIOTAISNAISOSITASNAINNANSNAOINAOSNATSNITSNONANONINOTAOASTOATSOCASOCTAOINTONSTOSSAOTICSACSSAICSAINSAISSANSSANTSATISCANSCOTSICSSINSSISTSITSSNITSNOTSOCASOCSSONSSOTSSTOATACOTAINTAISTANSTAOSTASSTIANTICSTINATINSTOCSTONSTOSATOSS
3 letter words (56)
ACTAINAISAITANIANNANSANTATSCANCATCISCITCONCOSCOTINNINSIONIOSISOITAITSNANNASNATNISNITNONNOSNOTOATOCAOISONSSACSAISANSATSICSINSISSITSOCSONSOSSOTTAITANTAOTASTICTINTISTOCTON
2 letter words (19)
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