Unscramble COMMENCES to get 125 words. COMMENCES itself is a real word: 17 points on a Scrabble board, 22 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, COMMENCE leads with 16 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from COMMENCES split into 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 1 with 7, 5 with 6, 23 with 5, 46 with 4, 34 with 3 and 14 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Just 1 of the 8-letter words made with COMMENCES letters: COMMENCE, for 16 points.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in COMMENCES: MONEMES, 11 points.
The best of the 4-letter words from COMMENCES is COMM, 10 points; COME and COMS on 8 follow. SOME, ONCE and SEEN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of COMMENCES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with CO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
COMMENCES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept COMMENCES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMMENCES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 125) | 97 | 125 | 85 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
28 of the 125 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ECOMMS, ECOMM, MONEMES, MNEMES, MONEME, MNEME, COMS, ECCE, ECCO, MENES, ONCES, SONCE and 16 more. 12 of the 125 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: COMMS, COMM, MEMES, MEME, ECOS, EMOS, ECO, EMO, MES, SOC, SOM and ESNE.
With one more tile, the letters of COMMENCES spell the words below.