400 words come out when you unscramble BENEDICTIONS, starting with BENEDICTIONS itself: 17 in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends. BENEDICTION is the best of the shorter words, at 16 points. The 12 letters split into 5 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from BENEDICTIONS by length: 1 with 12 letters, 1 with 11, 1 with 10, 15 with 9, 52 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2.
There is a single one of the 11-letter words made with BENEDICTIONS letters: BENEDICTION, 16 points.
Just 1 of the 10-letter words in BENEDICTIONS: INOBEDIENT, for 13 points.
BENEDICTS tops the 9-letter words you get when you unscramble BENEDICTIONS at 14 points; next come BISECTION and CENOBITES on 13. INCIDENTS and CONSENTED will look familiar.
BENEDICT, BIOCIDES and BISECTED share the top score of 13 among the 8-letter words from BENEDICTIONS. DECISION, EDITIONS and INCIDENT are the ones most people know.
BIOCIDE, BODICES and CEBOIDS are the top 7-letter words made with BENEDICTIONS letters, 12 points each. CONSENT, NOTICED and INDICES will look familiar.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble BENEDICTIONS are led by BODICE, CEBIDS and CEBOID, 11 points each. SECOND, BODIES and DECENT are the familiar ones.
CEBID scores highest among the 5-letter words from BENEDICTIONS at 10 points, ahead of BICES and BONCE on 9. CODES, BONDS and CITED are the ones most people know.
The 4-letter words in BENEDICTIONS are led by BICE and COBS, 8 points each. BEEN, BEST and CODE are the familiar ones.
COB tops the 3-letter words made with BENEDICTIONS letters at 7 points; next come BED and BID on 6. END, BIT and BIN will look familiar.
Keep every letter of BENEDICTIONS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 12-letter words: starting with BE · ending in NS · all 12-letter words
BENEDICTIONS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
BENEDICTIONS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENEDICTIONS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 400) | 319 | 399 | 290 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: INOBEDIENT, EBIONISED, NICOTINED, DEONTICS, ICONISED, INSECTION, SIDEBONE, BIDENTS, CONDIES, COTISED, EBIONISE, ICESTONE and 69 more, 81 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: BITCOINS, BENDIEST, BITCOIN, COTININES, EBONICS, EIDETICS, INCENTED, BONCES, COTININE, NIOBITES, BONCE, BONNIES and 17 more, 29 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: BINT.