Unscramble ASCENDANCY and you have 205 words, ASCENDANCY itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. CADENCY and NASCENCY are the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from ASCENDANCY by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 8, 6 with 7, 16 with 6, 51 with 5, 60 with 4, 53 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 9 letters.
NASCENCY is the only one of the 8-letter words in ASCENDANCY; it scores 15 points.
CYCADS scores highest among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ASCENDANCY at 14 points, ahead of YACCAS on 13 and DANCEY on 12. DANCES, CANNED and DECAYS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 5-letter words from ASCENDANCY is CYCAD, 13 points; CYCAS and YACCA on 12 follow. DANCE, CANDY and SANDY are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words made with ASCENDANCY letters, the top score is 9, reached by 6. DAYS, CASE and EASY are the familiar ones.
CAY tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble ASCENDANCY at 8 points; next come DAY and DEY on 7. CAN, ANY and END will look familiar.
Keep every letter of ASCENDANCY but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with AS · ending in CY · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CADENCY and NASCENCY (15 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. ASCENDANCY is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASCENDANCY itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 205) | 141 | 202 | 133 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 61 of them: YACCAS, ACCENDS, YACCA, ACCEND, DANCY, DAYANS, DENAYS, ACCAS, ADAYS, CANY, DANNY, DAYAN and 49 more. Words With Friends* skips 11 of them: DANCEY, DECANS, SAYED, DECAN, YAS, DANS, DAN, DAS, EDS, DA and SAN. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 3 of them: NANCY, NANCES and NANCE.