Unscramble ASCENDING and you have 276 words, ASCENDING itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are DANCINGS and SCENDING, 12 points each. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from ASCENDING split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 22 with 7, 50 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
DANCING, DISCAGE and INCAGED share the top score of 11 among the 7-letter words in ASCENDING. SENDING, SCANNED and CANDIES are the ones most people know.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble ASCENDING are led by CADGES and CEDING, 10 points each. DESIGN, ENDING and SIGNED are the familiar ones.
CADGE and CAGED share the top score of 9 among the 5-letter words from ASCENDING. IDEAS, DANCE and ASIDE are the ones most people know.
60 4-letter words from ASCENDING; 20 of them share the top score of 7. CASE, NICE and DISC are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words in ASCENDING, the top score is 6, reached by 4. CAN, END and AGE are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of ASCENDING, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with AS · ending in NG · all 9-letter words
ASCENDING first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept ASCENDING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASCENDING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 276) | 206 | 273 | 189 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 67 of them: DANCINGS, DISCAGE, SCENING, AGNISED, CADIES, CANDIE, CADIE, CANGS, CIDES, DAEING, DANNIES, ECADS and 55 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: CANINGS, CNIDAE, DECANI, DECANS, CNIDA, DECAN, INNAGES, CIGS, INNAGE, CIG, GEANS, AGS and 8 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 3 of them: NANCIES, NANCES and NANCE.
This word takes every letter of ASCENDING plus a single extra one.