Unscramble CANDESCENCE and you have 173 words, CANDESCENCE itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. ACCEDENCES is the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. 11 letters: 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from CANDESCENCE split into 1 with 11 letters, 3 with 10, 2 with 9, 2 with 8, 8 with 7, 19 with 6, 36 with 5, 54 with 4, 35 with 3 and 13 with 2.
ACCEDENCES scores highest among the 10-letter words in CANDESCENCE at 17 points, ahead of CANESCENCE on 16 and ASCENDENCE on 15.
The 6-letter words you get when you unscramble CANDESCENCE are led by ACCEDE and ACCEND, 11 points each. DANCES, CANNED and CEASED are the familiar ones.
12 of 36 5-letter words from CANDESCENCE tie at 8 points; none scores more. NEEDS, DANCE and SCENE will look familiar.
CECA and ECCE share the top score of 8 among the 4-letter words in CANDESCENCE. NEED, SEND and CASE are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of CANDESCENCE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with CA · ending in CE · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ACCEDENCES (17 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. CANDESCENCE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANDESCENCE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 173) | 123 | 171 | 112 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 48 of them: CANESCENCE, ACESCENCE, ACCENDS, ACCEND, CADEES, SCENED, CADEE, ECADS, ECCE, SCAND, CAESE, CANNS and 36 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: ACCEDENCES, ACCEDENCE, DECANS, DECAN, DANS, NENES, DAN, DAS, EDS, ESNE, NAES, DA and 1 more. Scrabble US and Scrabble UK skip 2 of them: NANCES and NANCE.
With one more tile, the letters of CANDESCENCE spell the words below.